The Treasure of the Lake

Gentleman adventurer Allan Quartermain discovers a strange African village in this 1926 novel by the author of
King Solomon's Mines.

An Englishman living in South Africa, Allan Quartermain has spent his life exploring the mysteries of the Dark Continent. When he hears the legend of a lost tribe ruled by a magical priestess, he goes in search of a remote holy lake surrounded by tall cliffs. Together with his companion Hans, Allan discovers a land and a people even more peculiar than the legend describes.