Tarzan follows reports of the Kavuru after they abduct the daughter of Muviro, chief of the Waziri. At the same time Jane and a group of aeroplane-crash survivors struggle to survive in the jungle, and the two trails converge around the Kavuru’s guarded settlement.
Aircraft, safari travel and an international group of survivors place the story unmistakably in the 1930s. Against that modern frame, Burroughs introduces the secretive Kavuru and their pursuit of longevity, bringing Jane and Tarzan through separate dangers before their stories converge in a final rescue.
