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Finished - by H. Rider Haggard
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. ALLAN QUATERMAIN MEETS ANSCOMBE
CHAPTER II. MR. MARNHAM
CHAPTER III. THE HUNTERS HUNTED
CHAPTER IV. DOCTOR RODD
CHAPTER V. A GAME OF CARDS
CHAPTER VI. MISS HEDA
CHAPTER VII. THE STOEP
Veteran hunter Allan Quatermain returns to the veldt of South Africa, summoned by memories of the great Zulu war and by a personal invitation from old comrades. He finds himself back among the ruins of battles he once fought, walking the plains of Ulundi where the ghosts of colonels and warriors still linger. As he revisits familiar landmarks, a new threat emerges in the form of the feared wizard Zikali, whose dark vengeance against the royal Zulu line begins to surface.
Venturing deeper into Zululand, Quatermain encounters restless chiefs, a mysterious white spirit said to be a goddess of the Zulu, and a young woman named Heda who hints at a looming struggle. The atmosphere crackles with uneasy alliances and the whispered promise of war, pulling the seasoned explorer into a tangled web of intrigue, superstition, and the haunting legacy of past conflicts. Listeners are invited to follow his first steps into a world where history and legend collide.
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (632K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-11-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1856–1925
Best known for the classic adventures King Solomon’s Mines and She, this English novelist helped shape the modern lost-world tale with stories full of danger, mystery, and far-off landscapes. His time in southern Africa fed the vivid settings and atmosphere that made his fiction so widely read.
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