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!

バロウズの描くターザンは、文明と野性の狭間で揺れ動く人間の魂を浮き彫りにします。愛する者を奪われた彼が高潔な貴族の仮面を脱ぎ、冷酷な捕食者へと回帰する姿には、人間の根源的な情動を揺さぶる凄絶な美しさが宿っています。未知の秘境が彼の内なる孤独を照らし出し、生命の極限を再定義する筆致は、まさに空想科学小説の先駆者たる力強さに満ちています。 映像版が視覚的迫力を追求する一方で、原作の真髄は彼の思考する野性にあります。映画では簡略化されがちな高度な知性と葛藤が、紙面では重厚な心理描写として綴られ、読者の皮膚感覚に訴えかけます。文明が忘れた生命の輝きを奪還するこの儀式は、文字を通じてこそ真のカタルシスをもたらすでしょう。今こそ、五感を刺激する真実の冒険へ踏み出してください。