"Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara" by William Le Queux is a story of an Englishman named Cecil Holcombe, who finds himself thrown into a world of danger and mystery in the Sahara Desert. As he searches for a caravan, he faces deadly attacks and is saved by a merchant named Ali Ben Hafiz, who warns him about love and fate. This sets the scene for a tale where Holcombe's path crosses with that of the captivating Zoraida, a woman who will greatly influence his destiny as he navigates the conflict between Western and Eastern cultures.

Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara
By William Le Queux
A lone survivor in the Sahara finds himself caught in a web of love, prophecy, and peril when a mysterious woman appears to capture his heart and change his destiny forever.
Summary
About the AuthorWilliam Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.
William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.