Assassins. The dreaded scourge of the Islamic world.Drugged and crazed with heads shaven and eyes glazed, the members of the Messiah's secret cult would openly slay the innocent until blood flowed through the streets of the Sultan's Marrakesh.Men who will stop at nothing to dispatch their foe. And they are on the hunt.Samiah, a dustman's daughter, may not know it yet, but she is the key to the fight to destroy the guild of the Assassins once and for all.However, before she can learn her harrowing purpose, she must first gain the help of young Gideon, a dubious and secretive figure, but one she needs nonetheless.Just how much she needs him, she does not yet know.Intrigue and death are on their doorstop - love, perhaps, as well, if the Assassins do not end it all too soon...Graham Diamond's Marrakesh Nights is an enthralling fantasy, packed with adventure. An exotic novel, sure to delight fans of The Arabian Nights.'An excellent story ... absorbing ... keeps one reading on eagerly.' Andre Norton'Graham Diamond has written a novel that stands out and dares to be different.' Rising ShadowGraham Diamond began writing as a fantasy and science fiction author. He was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in New York City. He is best known for books such as The Haven, Lady of the Haven, The Thief of Kalimar, Slack Midnight, Chocolate Lenin and Forest Wars. He soon turned to other genres; including historical fiction, thrillers, and later a true story of a Holocaust survivor's family during World War II, Maybe You Will Survive. Diamond was employed as an editorial artist by the New York Times for many years, and has also taught creative writing in both New York and California.