Any of the books from the
Richard Blade series.
This series spanned the 1970's and were written by a collection of authors under the pseudonym "Jeffrey Lord." Part James Bond, part Conan the Barbarian, all guilty pleasure.
I found one of these in a used bookstore, read it, and began a search for the rest. A terrible, sexist, horrible, wonderful, can't-put-them-down, don't-want-to-pick-them-back-up type of read if there ever was one.
Here is the cover form the debut issue
The Bronze Axe:
And a quote from same issue:
Quote:
Cold water was dashed into his face. Blade, stung and shocked by the icy blast, sat up with a muffled curse. What in hell?
"There," said the girl. "That is better. I was sure you were not dead. Now you must help me. At once. I, Princess Taleen, command it!"
Blade sat up, squeegeed water from his eyes with his fingers, and stared at her. It was typical of Blade a facet of his character which had saved his life many times over that he accepted, immediately and without question, the realities of a situation. Not for a moment did he believe himself mad. Something had gone wrong with Lord Leighton's experiment. As simple as that. He would sort it out later.
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