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Running off to join the France Foreign Legion used to be every boy's dream of action and adventure. But for Lieutenant Costs Reilly - half Irish, half American, and like Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, a Westerner at battle in the desert - the aspiration has turned into a nightmare. And it all commences with the gruesome delivery of any severed hand... The useless, gnarled fingers hold a note from the Berber key Abd el-Ulad. He troubles the courage of the Legion troops and says he keeps an American girl captive - who, if Reilly doesn't come to her save, is next up for dismemberment. Reilly abandons his post guarding the trains and will go after her. But it's all a strategy. In his lack, the railroad comes victim to a terrorist attack. But who place the capture and constructed the sabotage? Reilly is captured in a triangle of treachery as the France, Spanish and indigenous Berbers vie for control. His destiny - in adition to that of the American girl - rests on his potential to flee a spider's web of double- and triple-crosses and uncover the reality in a desert of deception. The bugles blow, the rifles crack, and the sandstorms swirl as the audio tracks episode of Hostage to Death bears you off for an amazing land of unexpected romance and quick terror. Hubbard's knowledge of the Berber raiders as well by the Arab culture was thorough. As a man he traveled extensively, following and learning numerous nomadic civilizations and tribes. Combining those insights along with his experience operating everything from machine weapons to field telephones in the Montana National Guard and Marine Corps Reserves, Hubbard helped bring unique authenticity to his stories of the Foreign Legion. His stories were so exceptional, he was sought after by the premier writers' magazines of that time period to write how-to articles - two which came out the same month that Hostage to Death was printed.
