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HarperCollins is proud to present its new 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 Solomon´s Mines follows Allan Quartermain, in his quest to find his missing brother and unearth the fabled treasure of the biblical King´s 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.

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