At last! The final, unfinished action-adventure novel by bestselling author J. T. Edson can be enjoyed by his legions of fans worldwide!

On feeling the dismasted Amazon yacht overturning and themselves being thrown into the hurricane-lashed sea, it seemed to Beryl Snowhill, Charlotte 'Cha' Topper and Jill Jervis that nothing could save them from a watery grave.

Yet they had survived!

The mysterious aliens known as the Suppliers plucked them from what should have been certain death and transported them to the planet Zillikian. Having been delivered there, equipped and conditioned mentally to be able to use primitive weapons, they were left to their own devices.

It was fortunate for the Earth women that, in addition to the knowledge they had been given, they had already learned how to protect themselves. Being accepted by the Amazon nations, they became involved in the internal strife as dissidents sought to overthrow Queen Hippolyta. Before the affair was over, they needed all their strength, courage and ability with weapons and at barehanded fighting.

However, when peace was restored, they had won the right to consider themselves as being Amazons of Zillikian.

A shot rang out ... the driver slumped over the wheel ... and suddenly the Land Rover began a three hundred foot dive into the Gambuti Gorge to what should have been certain death for both its passengers. But it wasn't ... Bunduki awoke in a strange country, dressed in a strangely-shaped leopard skin. He has his Bowie knife and his bow and arrows. Around him, he sees a land teeming with wildlife from every continent but there is no sign of civilization. Instinctively, he knows that Dawn is also here, some miles away. Who had saved him? And why had they bothered to transport him to this alien jungle, far away from Africa? And, more important, he had to find his cousin, Dawn.

Dawn, has encountered a hunting party from the Mun-Gatah tribe. These scheming people are divided into two factions, one following Dryaka the High Priest, the other affiliated with his rival, Charole, Protectress of the Quagga God (the quagga is a species of zebra). Both groups realize that Dawn's bow is highly advanced and its design would increase their power. Dawn will also make a worthy sacrifice to the God.

Bunduki encountersh members of the peace-loving Telonga tribe. He also has a run-in with a group of mangani apes. Bunduki learns that the population of this land are strictly controlled by the People-Taker, a slaver sent by the Mun-Gatahs. When he and his retinue visit, the warriors of the Telonga tribe are 'put away' by the Elders to prevent them from fighting.

Bunduki must use all his cunning and strength to resuce Dawn from Dryaka and the Mun-Ghuta's.

While plots and counter-plots develop among the Mun-Gatahs, Bunduki and Dawn make their way to a Telonga village. The relationship between the adoptive cousins is gradually changing: a romance is blossoming.

At the village of Jey-Mat, Bunduki proves his value to the inhabitants by diverting a herd of elephants away from the village crops; befriending Tantor just as Tarzan did when he was a youngster. Bunduki is troubled by the docility of the Telonga tribe; they don't even put up a struggle when the People-Taker steals their women and children. They quite simply don't know how to defend themselves. He vows to train them in the art of war.
Meanwhile Dryaka visits Charole to put their rivalry aside. They agree that the only way to win back their power is to capture Bunduki and Dawn and take possession of their superior weapons. They wonder whether the mysterious tribe known as 'The Apes' might, in fact, be Zillikian's 'Suppliers'.

Bunduki is called to a neighbouring village to deal with a marauding tiger. He slays it in true Tarzan style and takes the skin back to Jey-Mat, presenting it to Dawn as an engagement present. With the village celebrating, the hunters drink their wine, unaware that it has been drugged by the Elders. Later, they awaken to find themselves in a cave, its entrance sealed by bars. They have been 'put away'. Bunduki hears elephants nearby and calls to Tantor in the language of the mangani. They tear down the bars, freeing their friends.

Back in the village, the People-Taker has taken everyone apart from babies and the elderly. Hunters from neighbouring villages arrive, eager to join with Bunduki in seeking revenge. They set off on the trail of the slavers. The battle is savage but, with more than a little help from Bunduki, they win; slaughtering the People-Taker's retinue and freeing the captured villagers ... But Dawn isn't among them. She has been sent ahead to Bon-Gatah. Bunduki has a better chance than most of finding her.

When Dawn Drummond-Clayton is carried off by the servants of the Mun-Gatah's High Priest and promised as a sacrifice to the Quagga God, Bunduki is hot on her trail. His hunt is interrupted, though, when a massive snake drops out of a tree and traps him in its thick coils. The constricting pressure is too much for him and he loses consciousness. Bunduki is rescued by a band of Amazons led by Beryl Snowhill, an Earth girl of his acquaintance who, previously unknown to him, was also transported to Zillikian.

The Amazons and Bunduki join forces and the chase after Dawn's abductors continues. Meanwhile, the political in-fighting increases. Dryaka and Charole have the upper hand and Dawn is soon their prisoner once again.

Bunduki's party allies itself with the Elders and heads towards Bon-Gatah, the main Mun-Gatah city. Bunduki and the Amazons fight their way into the city while the Mun-Gatahs descend into civil warfare. They arrive at the arena just in time. Dawn is desperately trying to fend off the Quagga God, a massive and extremely wild zebra. She will need all her survival skills to survive. As does Bunduki to prevent the curse of the 'Thunder Powder' from descending upon the planet of Zillikian.

Betrayals, plots and counter-plots are exposed, 'terrifiers' explode and the supporters of the Elders do battle with the rebels.

FEARLESS MASTER OF THE JUNGLE marks the return of Charole, last seen plunging from a balcony at the end of Sacrifice For The Quagga God.

Now she's determined to regroup before once more making a bid for power. Secretly leaving the Mun-Gatah capital she heads owards a quiet village but, on the way, is captured by a band of sea-faring Orientals, the Cara-Bunte. After demonstrating one of her 'terrifier' grenades and giving a display of fighting prowess, she quickly persuades her captors that she'll make a more valuable ally than prisoner.

Meanwhile, the newly married Bunduki and Dawn are enjoying the wild freedom offered by Earth's counterpart. The couple move into their tree-house, capture and train a couple of magnificent zebras and deepen their friendship with the Telonga tribe. But the honeymoon period isn't going to last much longer ...

The Cara-Bunte want their own 'terrifiers'. But Charole doesn't know how to make the 'thunder-powder' that fills them. At the end of the first book in the series, she had witnessed Bunduki's recognition when he saw some of the gunpowder. She's certain that 'The Earths' know how to manufacture it. So she tells the Cara-Bunte that they must hunt and capture Bunduki and Dawn.