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Tarzan and the Forbidden City

Tarzan, Book 20

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Tarzan and the Forbidden City

Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Narrated by: Ben Dooley
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City (Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library)

Book 20 of the Tarzan Series—Special Edition Authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

Tarzan cared little for the fate of adventurer Brian Gregory, drawn to the legendary city of Ashair by the rumor of the Father of Diamonds, the world’s hugest gem. But to the ape-man the tie of friendship is unbreakable, and Paul d’Arnot’s pleas move him to agree to guide the expedition Gregory’s father and sister have organized for his rescue. The enigmatic Atan Thome is also obsessed with the Father of Diamonds, and has planted agents in the Gregory safari to spy out its route and sabotage its efforts. Both parties reach their goal, remote Ashair...as prisoners of its priests, doomed to die in loathsome rites.

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Tarzan and the forbidden city by Edgar Rice Burroughs is book no 20 in the original series. This is the authorised library edition of the book.

This book has a reputation of being one of lesser entries in the series. The story has Tarzan helping an expedition search for a missing brother and this leads to the titular lost civilization of the forbidden city.

The plotting in this story is a bit shoddy, as events hurtle at a fast pace, the world building isn't as detailed as some of the earlier stories and some the side characters are flat.

Despite all this, I enjoyed this book. Tarzan is a badass, the action scenes are awesome especially a series of sequences taking place in an underwater temple are the highlight of the book. The landscape of the Forbidden city is written in an evocative way.

The book also contains informative afterword and the voice performance by Ben Dooley is good.

Recommended for Tarzan fans.

Entertaining underwater Tarzan adventure!

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