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H. Rider Haggard
English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre.
Heu-Heu, or The Monster
Heu-Heu, or The Monster
- Published
- 1924
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Haunted by a Bushman cave painting of a monstrous figure called Heu-Heu, Allan Quatermain treks into Zululand and consults the wizard Zikali, who reveals a legend of a slain ruler who returns as a monster to haunt a hidden, volcano-ringed land — setting Quatermain on the road toward it.