Tarzan and the Golden Lion is the ninth in the series of books about the title character Tarzan. In the previous novel, Tarzan the Terrible, Tarzan rescued Jane after he discovered that she was alive, and was reunited with his son Korak. In this story he and his family encounter and adopt an orphaned lion cub, whom they name Jad-bal-ja ("The Golden Lion" in the language of the lost land of Pal-ul-don, which they have recently left).