The Ivory Child

by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

"The Ivory Child" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel featuring Allan Quatermain. Two priests from the White Kendah People travel to England seeking Quatermain's help. Their people face annihilation from the Black Kendah, whose evil god inhabits the largest elephant ever seen—a beast no man can kill. Quatermain must return to Africa to destroy this supernatural threat before an entire civilization perishes. The novel explores themes of memory loss and fate.