Tarzan Volume Four: Tarzan the Untamed & Tarzan the Terrible (Adventure & Historical; Tarzan)
The epic adventures of Tarzan-sometime Ape-man, sometime Lord Greystoke continue. World events have forced their way into the jungle idyll of Tarzan and his beautiful wife, Jane. In Tarzan the Untamed the great nations have declared war. It has come to Africa and Jane welcomes a patrol of Germans and their Askaris into their home little realising they are the new enemy. On his return Tarzan is horrified to discover a scene of slaughter, torture and mutilation. The bodies of his loyal followers lie scattered in the burning ruins and Jane"s bodyguard has been crucified. Worst of all Jane"s charred body lies in her boudoir, her rings clearly identifying her. Tarzan screams for vengeance and begins a ruthless hunt for a her murderers. Nothing can appease his thirst for revenge as one by one he destroys them. In the eighth adventure Tarzan the Terrible, Tarzan has reason to believe that after all his beloved Jane may not be dead, but cast into slavery and carried away. Tarzan sets off on her trail in pursuit and his perilous journey takes him into new and undiscovered lands. Hidden from the modern world he finds a country where civilisations of strange people live alongside the giant dinosaurs of bygone ages which still walk the earth. The usual mix of thrills and high adventure for which enthusiasts seek out Edgar Rice Burroughs" writing are present in satisfying and liberal quantities. Tarzan must brave all hazards before he can be reunited with Jane-if she still lives!