Tarzan is stranded with an uneasy group of castaways on an uncharted Pacific island. Mutineers threaten the party while an isolated community claiming Mayan descent adds another danger, and a transported collection of African animals becomes an unexpected factor in the struggle for survival.
Written around the opening years of the Second World War, the stories combine contemporary Pacific travel with Burroughs's familiar taste for isolated societies and improbable survivals. The title adventure pits Tarzan against mutiny and confinement before carrying him into another hidden community beyond the mapped world.
