title: King of the witches: The world of Alex Sanders;
author:  June Johns 
description: Alex Sander was initiated into the cult of witches by his grandmother. This biography shows his battle with the forces of evil and his observance of ritual even in his day to day life.
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  # The People of the River
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Edgar Wallace
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  1\. A CERTAIN GAME
  
  
  2\. THE ELOQUENT WOMAN
  
  
  3\. THE AFFAIR OF THE LADY MISSIONARY
  
  
  4\. THE SWIFT WALKER
  
  
  5\. BRETHREN OF THE ORDER
  
  
  6\. THE VILLAGE OF IRONS
  
  
  7\. THE THINKER AND THE GUM-TREE
  
  
  8\. NINE TERRIBLE MEN
  
  
  9\. THE QUEEN OF THE N'GOMBI
  
  
  10\. THE MAN ON THE SPOT
  
  
  11\. THE RISING OF THE AKASAVA
  
  
  12\. THE MISSIONARY
  
  
  13\. A MAKER OF SPEARS
  
  
  14\. THE PRAYING MOOR
  
  
  15\. THE SICKNESS MONGO
  
  
  16\. THE CRIME OF SANDERS
  
  
  17\. SPRING OF THE YEAR
  
  
  
  
  
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  To SIR SAMUEL SCOTT, BART, M.P.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### 1\. A CERTAIN GAME
  
  
  
  
  
    
  SANDERS had been away on a holiday.
  
  
    
  The Commissioner, whose work lay for the main part in wandering
  
  
  through a malarial country in some discomfort and danger, spent his
  
  
  holiday in travelling through another malarial country in as great
  
  
  discomfort and at no less