Scottish mining engineer and adventurer Richard Hannay upholds his own moral code while navigating thrilling escapades in early 20th century Britain.

Richard Hannay is a man of his times: an Edwardian gentleman and adventurer, a mining engineer from South Africa of Scottish origin, who lives by his own standards and wits, upholding a moral code which is distinctly his own. An outsider, he is at once a rugged gentleman and a knight errant when it comes to women.—GusF