Maiwa's Revenge
Allan Quatermain has determined to go farther afield than he had ever traveled before – into the depths of the African jungle – on a march inland to the hills between lands controlled by the chiefs Wambe and Nala. Quatermain has heard of the elephants dwelling in the dense forests at the foot of the mountains edging Wambe's lands – and also stories of Wambe himself, so ruthless a ruler he murdered in cold blood an entire party of English party who, seven years before, entered his country to hunt elephants.
Quatermain determines to go elephant-hunting all the same. Before he has gone far, however, he faces rebellion among his own men and unexpected dangers from massive beasts of the jungle. Then he receives from an old friend a strange message, hidden within a bowl of bartered food – a Zulu woman seeks his protection, swearing vengeance for the murder of her child.
About the Allan Quatermain Series
Books in series order
- 1.King Solomon's Mines
- 2.Allan Quatermain
- 3.Allan's Wife
- 4.Maiwa's Revenge
- 5.Marie(1912)
- 6.Child of Storm(1913)
- 7.Allan and the Holy Flower(1915)
- 8.The Ivory Child(1916)
- 9.Finished(1917)
- 10.The Ancient Allan(1920)
- 11.She and Allan(1920)
- 12.Heu-Heu, or the Monster(1924)
- 13.The Treasure of the Lake(1926)
- 14.Allan Quatermain and the Ice Gods(1927)
- +Hunter Quatermain's Story: The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain series has entertained generations of readers since the initial publication of King Solomon's Mines in 1885. Allan Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa. He is an imperial outdoorsman who finds English cities and climate unbearable. He prefers to spend most of his life in Africa, where he grew up under the care of his widower father, a Christian missionary.
Following a mysterious map of dubious reliability, our hero and a small group of loyal men trek into southern Africa in search of a lost friend – and a lost treasure, the fabled mines of King Solomon. Together they discover a frozen corpse, survive untold dangers in remote mountains and deserts, and encounter the merciless King Twala en route to the legendary hoard of diamonds.
The first great "Lost World" action-adventure series – a precursor to Indiana Jones and a classic tale of bravery and exploration like no other. See also the Ayesha series by H. Rider Haggard.