H. Rider Haggard

Two of Haggard's most memorable characters come face to face in this epic fantasy adventure, the third book in the She sequenceWanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer Allan Quartermain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. Zikali tells Allan he must seek out a great white sorceress who rules a hidden kingdom far to the north, and he charges Allan to take a message to her. So begins Allan's treacherous journey into unknown and dangerous country where he encounters wild animals and cannibals, narrowly escaping death. Upon reaching the lost kingdom of Kor Allan is summoned to meet Ayesha who seeks Allan's help. A rebel fraction lead by the dreaded Rezu is trying to overthrow Ayesha and she asks Allan to lead the army of Kor against attack. He reluctantly agrees as only once he has completed his task will Ayesha teach him the terrifying trick to travel to the spiritual realm.

Horace Holly, Leo Vincey og tjeneren Job reiser på oppdagelsesferd til Afrika. Holly er professor ved Cambridge-universitetet - og årsaken til reisen, er et vitenskapelig prosjekt: tydningen av et gammelt skriftspråk. De reisende kommer frem til Kôr, et rike der "Hun-som-må-adlydes" hersker. "Hun", dronning Ayesha, viser seg å være særdeles mystisk og farlig ... Hun (1887) er en bemerkelsesverdig roman, og det er ikke for ingenting at H. Rider Haggard regnes som en av pionerene i utviklingen av den såkalte Lost World-sjangeren, spenningslitteratur som tar leseren med på reiser til fremmede verdener. At Indiana Jones-skikkelsen er i slekt med Haggards oppdagelsesreisende, ser vi tydelig i Hun: Arkeologi, urgamle skriftspråk og likeså gammel religionsutøvelse - alt dette er med på å gjøre romanen både historisk og genremessig interessant. Dette er den første komplette norske utgaven av Hun.

If representatives of an advanced civilization were to visit our planet today, would they be impressed or dismayed by the way we live? When three adventurers, Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot, are marooned on a South Sea island, they discover an ancient crystal sepulchre. Inside are two Atlanteans who have been in a state of suspended animation for 250,000 years! One of the awakened sleepers, the haughty Lord Oro, is the last of the Sons of Wisdom, a superior race who'd relied on their advanced technology to subjugate the planet's lesser peoples. The other Atlantean is Oro's daughter, Yva, heiress to the title of Queen of the Earth...who falls in love with Arbuthnot. Using astral projection, Lord Oro visits London and the battlefields of the Western Front. Unimpressed with the state of the world in the early 20th century, he sets out to do what he's apparently done once before -- use a colossal gyroscope to drown the planet, and restart the course of human history. A darkly humorous look at the politics and conflicts of his own era by an author best known for swashbuckling adventure novels (including the hugely popular King Solomon's Mines) set in the context of the Scramble for Africa.