This work became the eighth book of the Allan Quatermain series of stories, as well as the third book of Zulu trilogy, where the plot is focused on the downfall of the Zulu people. Novels of South Africa brought a wide popular success to the author, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations a founder of the Lost World literary genre. In “Finished” we meet again the white hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain, the central hero of 17 Haggard’s novels and collections of short stories. Courageous, resolute, able to find a way out of any hopeless situations, a perfect fighter and horseman Allan is a man, devoted to his friends and native land. In all the Haggard’s stories, the fantastic and mystical element plays a substantial role; the author’s passion for the lost words, ancient ruins and mysterious civilizations, cults of immortality and reincarnation made the author a forefather of modern fantasy. This tale of spirit-vision, warfare and revenge takes a special, high position among the fantastic romances of H. Rider Haggard.