In the jungles of West Africa, Commissioner Sanders is the highest representative of the British crown. The health and safety of a quarter-million nativeswho speak countless languages and worship untold godsare his responsibility. Whether disciplining a boy king, expelling troublesome missionaries, or fighting to contain outbreaks of sleeping sickness and beriberi, Sanders and his lieutenants must be quick, decisive, and fair. The fate of the empirenot to mention their livesdepends on it.
These rollicking escapades, based on Edgar Wallace's travels in Africa, offer an entertaining glimpse into a worldand a mindsetlong lost but endlessly intriguing.