Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain is an adventure novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, that was first published in 1887. Part of the Allan Quatermain series, in this story, Allan and his companions once more set out for Africa, this time in search of the Zu-Vendi, a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya. They survive fierce encounters with Masai warriors, undergo a terrifying subterranean journey, and discover a lost civilization before being caught up in a passionate love-triangle that engulfs the country in a ferocious civil war.