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The Tigers are coming home.
Years have passed since Sandokan and Yanez ruled the seas from Mompracem, the island fortress that became the legendary stronghold of the Tigers of Malaysia. Now their old refuge lies in other hands—and the time has come to take it back.
The campaign begins with Yanez at his audacious best. Commanding a flotilla of Malay warriors, the Portuguese adventurer seizes an English steamer, crosses paths with a dangerous new enemy, and sets in motion an elaborate scheme aimed at the Sultan who controls Mompracem. Meanwhile, Sandokan gathers his forces beyond the frontier, ready to turn diplomacy and deception into open war when the moment arrives.
What follows is classic Emilio Salgari: sea battles and narrow escapes, intrigues and betrayals, tiger hunts and duels, gunboats and pirate prahos, as the old comrades reunite for a campaign that leads inexorably back to the island where their legend began.
First published in 1908, Return to Mompracem brings Salgari’s great adventure cycle back to its spiritual home. Sandokan may be older, and Yanez may now style himself a prince, but neither has lost the daring, loyalty, or appetite for impossible odds that made the Tigers of Mompracem feared across the South China Sea.
This Gradient Books edition presents Emilio Salgari’s adventure classic for a new generation of English-language readers.
