King Solomon’s Mines

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere.An amazing adventure set in Africa, against the backdrop of endless deserts and snowy mountains, Kings Solomons Mines follows Allan Quartermain, in his quest to find his missing brother and unearth the fabled treasure of the biblical Kings mines. Along the way, Allan and his companions are caught up in a tribal war and face fearful hardships, culminating in a final confrontation with the evil witch Gagool.