On a ship heading to Natal, English adventurer and fortune hunter Allan Quartermain meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, who are on a quest to find Sir Henry's younger brother who vanished while seeking the King Solomon's fabled diamond mines deep in the African interior. Strangely, Quartermain has a map to the mines, drawn in blood, and he agrees to join the others dangerous quest. They face many dangers and adventures on their journey as they discover a frozen corpse, survive untold dangers in remote mountains and deserts, and encounter the merciless King Twala en route to the legendary hoard of diamonds. H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has entertained generations of readers since its first publication in 1885.