The Dark Heart of Time
a Tarzan Novel

Philip José Farmer, Del Ray (Ballantine), 1999

People		(in order of appearance)
TARZAN		John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, Tarzan-of-the Apes
Jane		Tarzan's mate, Lady Greystoke (missing; kidnapped)
Lieutenant Erich Obergatz		German kidnapper of Jane
Jelke Helmson		animal trapper, leader of East African safari
Tambi		leader of the safari's natives, a Wamabo
Wamabo tribesmen		safari porters
Serba tribesmen		safari askari (soldiers)
Ndesi tribesmen		safari trackers
Tenga		askari questioned by Tarzan
Robert Pindell		white American, professional hunter, Helmson's safari
Homeshon		white, Helmson's safari
Aboma		a slain Ndesi tracker
Mitchell		white Englishman, hunter, Helmson's safari
Ben-go-utor		Tarzan's name for a half-man, half-bear
James D. Stonecraft		Manhattanite, wealthiest man in the world
Bevan		secretary to Stonecraft
John Smith		American in Nairobi, Stonecraft's agent
Fitzpagel		Irishman, tracks then joins Helmson's safari
Umbrank & Silts		whites on safari with Fitspagel and a hundred askari
Rakali		Helmson's gun bearer
Mgonda		a tracker for Helmson
Swifi		Fitzpagel's head askari
Rahb		a Shong, the real name of the Ben-go-utor
Hbarki		Rahb's mate
Kurigi		a Shelaba (tiny, green, non-human sub-pygmies)
Krangee		tribesmen who live near the "Ghost Frog"
Dr. Springer		Stonecraft's doctor
Saweetoo		tribe which lives in the "City Made by God"
Hitcham		Bevan's stockbroker
Eshawi		king of the Saweetoo
Oyabato		chief of the Ataya (superior to the Saweetoo)
Rafmana		Toucher of Time, goddess-ruler of the Ataya
Kala		Tarzan's foster mother, a great ape
Arinu & Watanu		brother-sister Twins (from beyond the stars)
Tsapa & Ekweni		brother-sister Twins (from beyond the stars)
Captain Fritz Scheider		mistakenly killed by Tarzan to avenge Waziri deaths
Major Bolko Scheider		killed by Tarzan to avenge (correctly) Wasiri deaths
Colonel Sigurd Schneider		true identity of the Irishman Fitspagel
General Bolko Schneider		(in Berlin) father of the Schneider brothers
Summary — Book Blurb New York: Del Ray (Ballantine)		Tarzan's beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters is hell-bent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as his pursuers close in on their prey with uncanny accuracy, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead. For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten land boasting a multitude of strange and terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God, the Hideous Hunter, and, most shocking of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers could lutimately spell Tarzan's doom...
Chapters		there are 35 un-named chapters

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