Fortress El Zeeb

By Gordon Landsborough

An Arab rolled a deserter’s head in the sand, waiting for his reward, in the desert fortress of El Zeeb . . . 

Every legionnaire became suspicious of his neighbour and hatred led to other severed heads rolling. First to follow was that of Captain Paon, the Commander.

The murder seemed impossible: his room was locked from within; there was a thirty-foot drop from the window; and the tower, detached from the fortress, was under constant surveillance by a guard…

Gordon Landsborough was a publisher, author and bookseller. In the 1950s to 1980s, the publishing industry went through significant changes. Landsborough found himself at the forefront of this and used this opportunity to bring forth his innovative ideas. Other works by Landsborough included, The Violent People (1960), The Dead Commando (1976) and Black Death(1951), among many more.