
CAVES OF TERROR - BY TALBOT MUNDY
CAVES OF TERROR
CHAPTER I - THE GRAY MAHATMA
CHAPTER II - THE PALACE OF YASMINI
CHAPTER III - FEAR IS DEATH
CHAPTER IV - THE POOL OF TERRORS
CHAPTER V - FAR CITIES
CHAPTER VI - THE FIRE BATHERS
CHAPTER VII - MAGIC
CHAPTER VIII - THE RIVER OF DEATH
An ambitious New York lawyer is whisked from a leisurely West Coast vacation straight into a covert assignment that spans continents. His mysterious boss, Meldrum Strange, hands him a dated newspaper clipping and a letter from a celebrated British Indian officer, urging him to race to Simla and uncover a dangerous plot. The narrative erupts as the protagonist jets across Europe, lands in bustling Bombay, and is greeted by the striking native guide Gulab Lal Singh, who deftly smooths his passage through colonial checkpoints.
The story rides the tide of 1920s intrigue, blending the atmosphere of exotic ports, tea‑laden tea houses, and the looming shadow of secret service legends. Readers are pulled into the protagonist’s swift adjustment to a world of diplomatic whispers, cryptic contracts, and the promise of hidden caves that may hold the key to a larger conspiracy. It’s a fast‑moving adventure that captures the thrill of early‑twentieth‑century espionage without giving away what lies beyond the first act.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (246K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-08-02
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1879–1940
Adventure, intrigue, and far-flung settings run through these stories by an English-born writer who made a career of turning travel, mystery, and politics into fast-moving fiction. Best known for historical and imperial adventures, he brought a vivid sense of place to novels that helped shape early 20th-century popular storytelling.
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