Nineteenyearold David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to seekhis fortune as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters John Laputa thecelebrated ... » 

Nineteenyearold David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to seekhis fortune as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters John Laputa thecelebrated Zulu minister of whom he has strange memories. In his remote storeDavid finds himself with the key to a massive uprising led by the minister whohas taken the title of the mythical priestking Prester John. Davids courageand his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising asecret cave in the Rooirand. This is a story of lost civilizations hiddentreasures friendship and betrayal lions and tigers witch doctors and justgood oldfashioned adventure. John Buchan wrote Prester John his sixth novelin 1910 seven years after he returned from South Africa. It was his first toreach a wide readership across the world and it established him as the writerof the fastpaced adventures for which he is famous. Newly designed and typesetin a modern 6by9inch format by Waking Lion Press. «