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Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, two British adventurers living by schemes in colonial India, resolve to cross the Hindu Kush and make themselves kings of Kafiristan. Rifles, military drill and a coincidence involving Freemasonry allow them to be received as rulers almost divine. When Dravot tries to turn performed authority into a real dynasty, however, the secret supporting the throne begins to collapse.