Renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain had given up the life of an adventurer, vowing to leave the natural splendor of Africa to its own people--and leave its destruction to the likes of his mercenary former partner, Bruce McNabb. But Quatermain can't live on his principles alone. His acceptance of a handsome offer from beautiful Elizabeth Anderson and her friend Captain Good promises to be an expedition of another sort--find the desperate woman's missing father who disappeared in Africa while searching for the infamous King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain knows the legend well, and he knows that no living soul who dared to seek out the world's greatest treasure, ever returned alive. But for him and his game comrade of the jungle, Sir Henry, no challenge is too great or too dangerous.