Kim is Rudyard Kipling's most successful novel. Published in 1901, it is the story of the orphaned son of a soldier in the Irish regiment. The novel is set in India, then a British colony. Kim spends his childhood as a waif in Lahore where he meets a Tibetan lama. Kim embarks on a journey to locate the mystical river the lama is looking for only to be found by his father's old regiment which wants to groom him into a “Sahib.” Packed with lots of adventure and moments of self-discovery, the novel paints a vibrant picture of India.