The Fire Gods and Other Adventure Stories by Charles Gilson

THE FIRE GODS AND OTHER ADVENTURE STORIES features four novels by noted British adventure writer Major Charles Gilson. Set in the early decades of the 20th century, Gilson's stories follow the adventures of young British lads in the Congo, on the high seas and in colonial Africa during the Great War, and in South America in a hunt for lost Inca treasure.• Treasure of Kings• Across the Cameroons• Submarine U93• The Fire-GodsMajor Charles James Louis Gilson (1878-1943) was a British soldier and prolific writer of adventures primarily for young adults. Born in Essex, Gilson rose to the rank of major in the British army. His works often touched on lost races, lost worlds, or yellow peril themes, and were generally supportive of British imperialism. He published more than two dozen adventures in a career spanning nearly thirty years.