The vast wilderness of Africa has inspired R. M. Ballantyne to set plots of several of his novels on the Black Continent; from safari tales and wild animal hunting to political thrillers and stories of tyrant monarch.

Table of Contents:
The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa
Hunting the Lions
Black Ivory: A Tale of Adventures among the Slavers of East Africa
The Settler and the Savage: A Tale of Peace and War in South Africa
The Fugitives: The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
The Middy and the Moors: An Algerine Story
Six Months at the Cape