The Savage Lands

by Andy Briggs

Overview

The treacherous Lord Greystoke arrives at the logger’s camp in the Congo, and will stop at nothing to find and assassinate his long-lost cousin, Tarzan. Robbie and Jane set out through the jungle to warn Tarzan, and find themselves trapped in the sprawling ancient city of Opar, where the insane Queen La rules an army of man-eating apes. With a volcano threatening to explode, Tarzan, Robbie, and Jane must form an unlikely alliance to save themselves. Not everyone will make it out alive. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480400146
Publisher:	Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Series:	Andy Briggs' Tarzan Series , #3
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Andy Briggs is a screenwriter, graphic novelist, and author. He has written for movie projects such as JudgeDredd, Freddyvs. Jason, and Aquaman. He also collaborated with Spider-Man creator Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans on the screenplay for Foreverman. Briggs struck an eight-book deal with Oxford University Press for two series: Hero.com and Villain.net. His graphic novels include Kong: King of Skull Island, Ritual, and Dinocorps. He has recently rebooted the classic character Tarzan with his novels Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy and Tarzan: The Jungle Warrior.
 Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875–March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for creating the jungle hero Tarzan and the Mars adventurer John Carter. Tarzan first appeared in the story Tarzan of the Apes, published in the pulp classic All-Story Magazine in October 1912. The character returned in twenty-five sequels by Burroughs, a handful of authorized works, and innumerable works in other media. One of the world’s best-known literary characters, Tarzan has been portrayed in more than eighty movies and television shows, by more than twenty-seven actors. The first film, Tarzan of the Apes (1918), was one of the first movies to earn one million dollars. 

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Editorial Reviews

2013-09-01
On the 100th anniversary of his creation, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, returns in updated adventures. While Tarzan leads his ape family, the Mangani, in search of a better food supply, Jane, her doctor father and the other denizens of the illegal logging camp Karibu Mji deal with a new face: Lord William Greystoke. Ostensibly, he's in the Congolese jungle to see to his family interests and search for his lost cousin. That cousin may be Tarzan, who is rumored to have survived the plane crash that killed his parents years ago and subsequently been raised by apes. Of course, Greystoke has darker plans. Firstly, he wants to find the downed plane and the research notes that will lead him to the lost city of Opar, thought to be the site of mines rich in the rare mineral coltan. He may also be there to ensure Tarzan doesn't return to claim his rightful title of Lord Greystoke. Jane and her friend Robbie escape Greystoke's clutches to warn Tarzan, but the whole party ends up in danger thanks to a mad queen, her man-eating apes and an active volcano. British author Briggs' third updated tale features modern tech and diction and a Jane who's no damsel in distress in a believable (enough) and at-times thrilling jungle adventure. Backmatter on Burroughs and Tarzan may lead new readers to the classics. (Adventure. 12 & up)

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