The Ancient Allan is a novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring the famed hunter Allan Quatermain. Under the influence of the mysterious Taduki drug, Quatermain experiences a vivid vision of a former life as Shabaka, an Egyptian nobleman living during the Persian conquest of Egypt in the fourth century B.C. Serving Pharaoh Nectanebo, Shabaka battles the invading Persians, suffers captivity and slavery, and struggles to win the love of Amada, a beautiful priestess of Isis. Blending adventure, reincarnation, and romance, the story explores timeless questions of destiny, duty, and love that transcend a single lifetime.
