The Mystery of the Black Jungle
A classic story of love at first sight, the damsel in distress, and of course violence, death, human sacrifice, and exotic animals! Good adventure story with minimal romance aspect. ~ K. Penn,  To Read or Not To ReadA page turner! Full of exciting events! ~ Caroline, Portrait of a WomanThe pacing carries the book and makes it so entertaining. Certainly the description of the Thugs' vast underground lair, and of their ritual sacrifices to Kali, could have easily inspired such scenes inGunga Din,Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom, andYoung Sherlock Holmes.  ~ Georges T. Dodds SF SiteExcerpt included in Umberto Eco's The Book of Legendary Lands