H. Rider Haggard 4 hr 41 min read

A cave painting of a monstrous, hairy man-beast sends Allan Quatermain up the Black River to a holy isle, where a savage cult worships the terrible god Heu-Heu.

H. Rider Haggard's 1924 novel is a rousing Allan Quatermain lost-world adventure of African myth, monsters, and peril. Vivid, atmospheric, classic pulp romance. Read it for a thrilling late Quatermain tale, hunting a legendary monster into the heart of a forgotten cult.

In its time

Published in 1924, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

4 hr 41 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).