Tarzan, Vol 3(1996)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

In this, the third volume of the Leonaur Tarzan series, the fifth adventure-Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar-has renegade Belgian Werper and his Arab cohort plotting to kidnap Jane, Tarzan's beautiful mate so that they have the power to coerce Tarzan into revealing the location of a fabulous treasure. Adventures leading towards a hidden temple lost deep in the African jungle, where the rituals of human sacrifice to the Sun God are performed, pit Tarzan and his enemies in a battle of wits and courage where Jane's life is the price of failure. In the sixth adventure-Jungle Tales of Tarzan-the reader is drawn back to early episodes of the 'Ape Man's' life in the savage world occupied by his gorilla family. This prequel tells of Tarzan's teenage years as he struggles to come to terms with is identity as a man in a world of animals. Thrills, spills and battles with fierce tribesmen occur as he comes of age. Once again this volume has all that Burroughs enthusiasts will expect in a high adventures in the Dark Continent.