Tarzan on the Precipice

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Tarzan on the Precipice
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Cover of first edition
Author Michael A. Sanford
Illustrator Will Meugniot
Cover artist Will Meugniot
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Wild Adventures of Tarzan
Genre Adventure novel
Publisher Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Publication date
2016
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesiv, 216
ISBN 978-1-945462-03-0
Preceded by Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don  
Followed by Tarzan Trilogy  

Tarzan on the Precipice is a novel written by Michael A. Sanford featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle hero Tarzan. It is the second volume in The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, a series of new works authorized, licensed and published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. It was first published in May 2016 in trade paperback, with a hardcover edition released in the following June and an ebook version the following September. [1] [2]

Plot

Set between the novels Tarzan of the Apes and The Return of Tarzan , the story opens after Tarzan hides the revelation of his true identity of Lord Greystoke from Jane Porter, since he believes she will be happier marrying his cousin William Cecil Clayton. Tarzan leaves Wisconsin and heads north into Canada, where he discovers a lost civilization of Vikings.

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References

  1. Tarzan on the Precipice title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. "New Tarzan book: Tarzan on the Precipice". Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Retrieved 25 June 2016.