Project Gutenberg 2025-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 241 Wallace, Edgar 1875 1932 Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar 19014361 The river of stars $aLondon :$bWard, Lock and Co., Limited, $c1914. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_of_Stars_(novel) Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, Mark Lambert, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Andrew Butchers, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The River of Stars" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the world of colonial exploration, con artistry, and criminal intrigue, focusing on characters drawn into the mystery of a legendary African diamond mine known as the River of Stars. The story follows the fortunes of Amber, a clever and charming ex-convict, as well as Lambaire, a dubious financier, and the Sutton siblings whose family legacy is tied to the lost expedition and its tempting secret. Themes of adventure, deception, and moral ambiguity give the narrative an air of both suspense and wit. The opening of the novel lays out the origins of the central mystery: a doomed expedition into Africa in search of the fabled diamond-laden River of Stars, from which no one returns except gruesome rumors and, later, one half-mad survivor. We then meet Amber, recently released from prison, whose intelligence and debonair irreverence set him apart from both the criminal class and the upright. The story quickly introduces a web of characters—from the naïve Francis Sutton and his protective sister Cynthia to the menacing Lambaire and the eccentric Whitey—intertwined through dangerous money-making schemes and the elusive chart to the lost mine. Through tight dialogue and lively scenes in London’s underworld, the stage is set for intrigue and adventure as the legacy of the lost expedition draws this unlikely cast toward confrontation and high-stakes pursuit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.a0001348176 20211202230049wallace 1914 gb Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en British -- Africa -- Fiction Africa, West -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 390573 2025-07-30T04:56:41.023057 text/html 365349 2025-03-27T00:03:17 text/html 703837 2025-07-30T04:56:49.367020 application/epub+zip 700911 2025-07-30T04:56:42.779037 application/epub+zip 279093 2025-07-30T04:56:41.905040 application/epub+zip 1434176 2025-07-30T04:56:53.779478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 865633 2025-07-30T04:56:48.499010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343759 2025-07-30T04:56:39.598044 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 323816 2025-03-27T00:03:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17010 2025-07-30T04:56:53.947444 application/rdf+xml 11426 2025-07-30T04:56:42.133006 image/jpeg 1937 2025-07-30T04:56:42.018004 image/jpeg 717020 2025-07-30T04:56:41.064046 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia