Allan and the Sundered Veil Summary

Allan Quatermain has returned from far Africa to visit Lady Ragnall at her English estate. He is shocked to see the estate in total disrepair and apparently abandoned, but he is met on the grounds by the beautiful African woman Marisa, who guides him into the sprawling estate where he meets Ragnall, who lies in a makeshift bed surrounded by squalor. Quatermain explains that his own recent death was faked so he could escape the media spotlight of being a famous adventurer. Ragnall explains that she, too, has faked her own death so that she can spend all of her time and resources consuming the mystical drug taduki, which brings visions of prior incarnations. To that end, Ragnall employs Marisa who prepares the drug and knows its mysterious ways. Quatermain explains that he has returned...