Descent from Xanadu Robbins, Harold

Harold Robbins writes pulp with purpose — sex, power, money, and the people who'll destroy themselves chasing all three. *Descent from Xanadu* follows a journalist caught in the crossfire of international intrigue, where oil wealth, political conspiracies, and dangerous women collide in the Middle East. Robbins built his career on stories that move fast and hit hard, populated by antiheroes who make terrible decisions you can't stop reading about. This is pure 1970s potboiler energy: espionage, boardroom betrayals, and bedroom chaos, all wrapped in Robbins' signature style of excess. The prose won't win prizes, but the momentum will keep you flipping pages past midnight. If you want escapism with an edge — the kind of book airports were made for — this delivers. For fans of Robert Ludlum's plotting with more champagne and fewer car chases.