Project Gutenberg 2008-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 86 Graydon, William Murray 1864 1946 Graydon, W. Murray (William Murray) The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Georges T. Dodds and Roger Frank. "The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa" by William Murray Graydon is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Captain Guy Chutney, a young English officer called back to duty in Africa amid rising tensions and impending conflicts. He finds himself entangled in a treacherous situation that spans from London to the dangers of the African coastline, leading to a series of harrowing events involving betrayal, slavery, and survival. At the start of the tale, Captain Chutney, just before returning to India, receives an urgent commission from the Colonial Office to deliver critical documents to Sir Arthur Ashby in Zaila, a locality beset with unrest. After a brief stop at Aden, his journey becomes perilous as he comes into contact with suspicious characters, including a Portuguese trader named Manuel Torres. The unfolding drama escalates with the theft of the official documents, the outbreak of violence in Zaila, and ultimately, Chutney's descent into slavery alongside his companion, Melton Forbes, as they grapple with the chaos around them. The prologue and the first chapter set the stage for a gripping adventure filled with danger and intrigue, indicating a deep exploration of themes such as loyalty, heroism, and the struggle against insurmountable odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Africa -- Fiction Adventure stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 420899 420868 2024-10-10T11:59:13.118028 2023-09-11T04:24:32.299657 text/html text/html 438367 2008-01-15T04:38:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 245804 2008-01-15T04:38:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338765 2024-10-10T11:59:24.066470 application/epub+zip 347561 2024-10-10T11:59:17.341532 application/epub+zip 234986 2024-10-10T11:59:15.575523 application/epub+zip 577035 2024-10-10T11:59:29.255413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528469 2024-10-10T11:59:22.898506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403763 2022-09-11T09:18:34.819497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373798 373770 2024-10-10T11:59:11.777050 2023-09-11T04:24:31.182627 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 373584 2008-01-15T04:38:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 138917 2008-01-15T04:38:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19924 2024-10-10T11:59:29.391413 application/rdf+xml 14723 2024-10-10T11:59:16.316475 image/jpeg 3532 2024-10-10T11:59:16.030541 image/jpeg 326645 2024-10-10T11:59:13.160040 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog