Now that he was the rich Lord Greystoke, Tarzan became the target of greedy and evil men. His son was kidnapped, his wife had been abducted, and Tarzan was stranded on a desert island where he seemed helpless. But with Tarzan's bond with the animals. He could work with Sheeta, the vicious panther, and the great ape Akut, to begin his escape. Then together with the giant Mugambi, they reached the mainland and took up the trail of the kidnappers. Tarzan sought his wife and his child and he sought such vengeance as only a human beast of the jungle could devise. But the men Tarzan sought had fled deep into the interior and the trail was old and well-hidden.

Set amid the vibrant colors and sounds of the savage African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a journey to romance and adventure. An exhilarating work that takes readers to that faraway place in their minds where dreams prevail.

It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom. But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.

A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, is adopted by an ape, whose own infant has died, and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

Relates the events on Mars leading up to the 2012 film "John Carter." Dejah Thoris, Princess of the city of Helium, is kidnapped by Sab Than, the would be ruler of Zondanga, in an attempt to win the thousand-year war between their peoples, while Tars Tarkas is caught between the female he loves and his best friend, who wants to become Jeddak of the Tharks and needs Tars' help.

Captain John Carter encounters a powerful warrior race, a terrifying guard dog, and great white apes in a new world where he finds himself fighting for his life.