The Rider Haggard Library

In which the long-absent lord Zibalbay returns unexpectedly to his city amid a stirring assembly, challenging the new regime and stirring old loyalties and rivalries in a scene rich with ceremony and ...

22 Okt 33min

In which an ancient city built upon a flood-prone island reveals its secret defences and the simmering tensions of a disputed leadership come to the fore atop a sacred pyramid. There, amidst solemn pr...

22 Okt 35min

In which the imprisoned company is led to a vast, ancient hall within the pyramid, where old treasures and manuscripts lie forgotten, while tense negotiations and passionate refusals unfurl between Ma...

22 Okt 34min

In which our company, stranded in a harsh desert, discovers the entrance to an ancient underground reservoir, the cueva, but faces peril when one is bitten by a venomous snake and another must summon ...

21 Okt 33min

In which the travellers, having braved the wilderness and faced great perils, arrive at the threshold of an ancient and mysterious domain ruled by the enigmatic Zibalbay, whose ambitions and beliefs c...

21 Okt 38min

In which a weary company ascends from misty mountain heights to behold the radiant city of the Heart, a place whose ancient splendour contrasts sharply with the muted spirits of its inhabitants and th...

21 Okt 40min

In which our company narrowly escapes a deadly search within the haunted confines of a great house, witnessing the grim captivity and torment of a noble Indian and his daughter chained in a desecrated...

20 Okt 29min

In which the noble Zibalbay reveals to the travellers his quest to reunite the ancient symbol of the Heart and restore his dwindling people to former glory, whilst bidding them join him on a perilous ...

20 Okt 37min