Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Recounting the adventures of Tarzan and his faithful friend the Golden Lion whom the ''ape man'' raised from cub-hood the story follows Tarzan to the fabled lost city of Opar where he encounters a safari of diamond thieves and an impostor who threaten his life. he was drugged and ended up in the hands of the Oparians. Queen La who had come into disfavor with the high priest of Opar feels she has nothing to lose by escaping with Tarzan through the only unguarded route—a path to the legendary valley of diamonds from which no one had ever returned. There Tarzan finds a race of humans who were little better than animals in intelligence being enslaved by a race of intelligent gorillas. With the help of his golden lion Jad-bal-ja Tarzan enlists the natives in the struggle to restore Queen La to power.