In the history of Italian literature, the writer Emilio Salgari (1862-1910) is considered to be the creator of adventure novels and a great forerunner of science fiction literature. He is among the top 40 most translated Italian authors of all time. Like the books of his masters – Jules Vernes and Karl May, Emilio Salgari's novels were the basis of more than 40 screen adaptations, some of them bearing the signature of famous Italian directors. The greatest notoriety of his work has the Pirates of Malaysia cycle in which Sandokan is the main character. The character's popularity has meant that, until now, there are other books with Sandokan published by Italian writers such as Luigi Motta, Emilio Fancelli or Omar Salgari (Emilio's son). If in the Mysteries of the Black Jungle, the novel-prologue of the cycle, Sandokan is not present, in Pirates of Malaysia (1896) his figure dominates the action, seconded by Tremal-Naik, Kammamuri, Ada, characters from the first novel, but also by Yanez, the Portuguese who is the right hand of the dreaded pirate. The two - Sandokan and Yanez - set out together with the pirates from Mompracem island to free Tremal-Naik, the lover of Ada Corishant named by the Virgin from the pagoda. Spectacular battles take place, at sea and on land, with an outcome eagerly awaited by readers.
