Tarzan & the Leopard Cult is a movie serial in book form. If you were born after 1955, you might not know what a movie serial is unless you have had someone from an earlier time tell you about them. Movie Serials were made by three movie studios, Republic, Universal and Columbia as well as many independents. Republic stopped serial production in 1955 and Columbia in 1956 Universal had stopped serial production in 1946. To put it in context, a serial is a short film or chapter from a longer film consisting of twelve to fifteen chapters. During the silent age of motion pictures, some serials were much longer. I have tried to keep the flavor of the serials from the thirties and forties. As the serial was made or a younger movie goer, they were produced much cheaper than even the ‘B’ films despite their longer running time. Each episode ended with a cliff-hanger and there was often cheating in the recap at the start of each new episode. The idea was simple; Cram as much action into fifteen or twenty-minutes as possible. A book is not a film and because of those differences it is impossible to translate from one to the other without some loss of clarity. I have done my best and hope you enjoy my efforts.

Philip Harlan a young archaeologist believes Cleopatra’s Tomb may not be in Egypt. He thinks the Queen of Egypt’s body was put a barge, and floated down the Nile. Lady Greystoke knowing war clouds are building in England, and desiring to return to Africa to be with her husband Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan of the Apes. She invests in a safari to search the Congo for the tomb. Tarzan races to through the jungle to be with his wife. Will he be in time to rescue her and the safari before it is too late?