"Tarzan and the City of Gold" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a novel serialized in 1932. When Tarzan rescues a warrior from bandits, he discovers the lost city of Athne. But he's soon captured by Queen Nemone of rival city Cathne, the City of Gold. Forced to fight in the arena against powerful opponents and a specially-bred hunting lion, Tarzan must survive the queen's deadly games while navigating the dangerous politics between two warring cities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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