The 4 Hundred and 20 Assassins of Emir Abdullah-Harazins — Joseph R.G. DeMarco

Warning: Philosophical Content-Explicit Ideas-May offend those easily offended. The legend of the Hassan El Sabbah is not as famousas his garden. Sabbah was an entrepreneur of sortsusing the assassin as a tool to gain political influence throughout the MiddleEast. He would use young men by making them smoke hash then allowing them toenter his garden of earthly delights. The young men were told they had enteredparadise and would be expelled if they did not carry out Sabbah'swishes, which were usually to kill someone of relative importance. This tale isnot only a fictional look at Sabbah, but also amind-altering look into America's drug culture and the idea of paradise. Told by a stoner, set over a thousand years ago with an ArabianNights feel to it, the story centers around Emir Abdullah-Harazins(Sabbah) and his infamous garden. It is thestory of only one of his Hashishiyyins (Assassins).