Sanders of the River

In the jungles and rivers of colonial West Africa, the shrewd, hard-nosed Commissioner Sanders governs a vast territory and its peoples through cunning, nerve, and rough justice, in a series of linked adventure tales of the British Empire’s frontier. Wallace, one of the most popular thriller writers of his day, spins fast, vivid stories of intrigue, danger, and command in a distant outpost. Reflecting the attitudes of its era toward empire, Sanders of the River offers brisk, atmospheric adventure and a window onto the colonial imagination of the early twentieth century. Exciting and briskly told, it showcases the storytelling energy that made Wallace a household name.