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| Author | Philip José Farmer |
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| Original title | Tarzan's Greatest Secret |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tarzan series |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
Publication date | 1999 (paperback) 2018 (hardcover) 2018 (trade paperback) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 278 |
| ISBN | 0-345-42463-8 |
| Preceded by | Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996) |
| Followed by | The Adventures of Tarzan (2006) |
The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan novel is a novel by American writerPhilip José Farmer, authorized byEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.[1] Published in 1999, the book was first announced under the titleTarzan's Greatest Secret in 1997.[2] A 2018 reissue of the novel marked the book's first hardcover edition, and was retitledTarzan and the Dark Heart of Time.[3]
Set in October 1918—during Tarzan's search for Jane—the novel takes place betweenTarzan the Untamed andTarzan the Terrible.[4]
The novel's antagonist is James D. Stonecraft, an American oil magnate who believes that Tarzan knows the secret of immortality. Stonecraft hires hunters to track and capture Tarzan for the secret, leading to conflicts at the "City Built by God" and the "Crystal Tree of Time". Through all of the adventure Tarzan is focused on escaping his pursuers so that he may return to his search for his wife.[5]
BeforeThe Dark Heart of Time, Philip José Farmer wrote a number of books based to some extent on Tarzan.
| Preceded by | Tarzan series The Dark Heart of Time | Succeeded by |
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