The classic tale of savagery and adventure reimagined Before Tarzan, and long before Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain-the quick-witted adventurer equally at home in the drawing rooms of London and the Dark Continent of 19th century Africa. When he meets Princess Ignosa, the living embodiment of fierce female grace, Quatermain is drawn down a path of greed, treachery and black magic that leads to the legendary King Solomon's Mines.