Child of Storm is a 1913 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot is set in 1854-56 and concerns Quatermain hunting in Zululand and getting involved with Mameema, a beautiful African girl who causes great turmoil in the Zulu kingdom. The story takes place against the real life struggle between Cetshwayo and Umbelazi, the two sons of the Zulu king Mpande and (called and quot;Panda and quot; in the novel and ). The events culminate in the Battle of Ndondakusuka and (here called the and quot;Battle of the Tugela and quot; and ) in 1856. Real life people such as Panda, Cetshwayo, and John Robert Dunn appear as characters.