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Caves Of Terror by Talbot Mundy is another Action-adventure, fast-paced, fan-pleasing page-turner set in the Middle East, India, and Africa, based largely on his own personal experiences in these regions.Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver... Read Full Overview

"The best adventure writer of the 20th century " -- SF Site

"When Mundy published the short novel The Gray Mahatma (retitled Caves of Terror in book form) in the Nov. 10, 1922 issue of Adventure, it was the first time the supernatural and mystical elements of Eastern religion... Read Full Overview

"The best adventure writer of the 20th century " -- SF Site

When Mundy published the short novel The Gray Mahatma (retitled Caves of Terror in book form) in the Nov. 10, 1922 issue of Adventure, it was the first time the supernatural and mystical elements of Eastern religion... Read Full Overview

Athelstan King (hero of Mundy's early classic King -- of the Khyber Rifles) and burly and down-to-earth American Jeff Ramsden follow the gray mahatma through a series of caves beneath an ancient temple, revealing different levels of wisdom and the limitations... Read Full Overview

In 1922, when Talbot Mundy published this novel in the magazine "Adventure," its readers voted it best novel of the year. And that's not surprising: "Caves of Terror" is a fast-paced, riveting tale. Athelstan King (hero of Mundy's early classic "King -- of the Khyber Rifles")... Read Full Overview

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British agent Athelstan King and American Greg Ramsden match wits with a Hindu mahatma and Yasmini, a mysterious princess, as King and Ramsden try to block a plot to free India from British rule. Their pursuit of the conspiracy takes them into underground caves populated by underfed... Read Full Overview

it is a part of his duty to turn the panther loose on intruders. It is necessary that they warn this one-legged fellow whenever a stranger is expected by night, who should not be torn to pieces. Night after night he is warned. Night after night there comes this Mahatma to spend... Read Full Overview

Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (April 23, 1879 - August 5, 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far East... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Caves of Terror