The Xanadu Talisman is an action-adventure/spy novel by Peter O'Donnell that was first published in 1981, featuring the character Modesty Blaise. This was the tenth book to feature the character. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Souvenir Press.
Plot summary
Ms. Pendergast is a middle-aged nanny who operates the criminal organization El Mico alongside her young charges, Jeremy and Dominic Silk. The group operates in North Africa and has obtained a valuable item known as “The Object.” Their possession of the item is disrupted when Bernard Martel, one of their senior associates, betrays them and takes it for himself.
Pursued and close to death, a delirious Bernard reveals to Modesty a series of obscure clues, setting her and Willie on a quest to recover The Object and rescue Tracy, Bernard's wife. From thrilling Tangier, to mysterious Marrekesh, to the grandeur of the High Atlas Mountains, Blaise and Garvin stop at nothing in one of their most riveting and action-packed adventures yet.
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