Heu-Heu, or The Monster
Author: | H. Rider Haggard |
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Hutchinson & Co., 1924 Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924 |
Series: | Allan Quatermain: Book 12 |
1. King Solomon's Mines |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Fantasy |
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At the end of the 19th century African hunter Allan Quatermain and his clever and brave helpmate Hans are set on a mission by the wizard Zikali, as already mentioned in other adventures with Allan Quatermain. The two companions are set out to bring some of the leaves of the Tree of Illusions. This special tree only grows in the garden of priests of a mythic moribund people who worship a semi-gorilla-like god by sacrificing humans to him. By the attempt to fulfill their mission they step into the mystery of this ape-like god: Heu Heu, a twelve-foot-tall gigantic semi-gorilla-monster, red-bearded with claws at hands and feet...
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