The People of the Mist

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. "The People of the Mist" is a classic lost race fantasy novel. It is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god. In the novel Penniless Leonard Outram attempts to redress the undeserved loss of his family estates by seeking his fortune in Africa. In the course of his adventures he and his Zulu companion, Otter, save a young Portuguese woman, Juanna Rodd from slavery. Leonard and Juanna are plainly attracted to each other, but prone to bickering, and their romance is impeded by the watchful and jealous Soa.

Книга относится к циклу приключенческих романов Г.Р.Хаггарда, действие которых происходит в Африке. Автор рисует правдивые образы коренных жителей африканского материка, которых он хорошо знал, прожив там много лет. В поисках сокровищ "земли тумана" его герои Леонард, Хуанна и Оттер переживают самые невероятные приключения. Роман прославляет находчивость, мужество и дух товарищества, воспевает смелых и решительных людей.