Title: The lad and the lion
First published: 1938
Description: The madman turned all his attention to the youth, who, standing at the rail of the derelict ship, was unaware of his extreme danger.  Like a beast of prey the older man crept stealthily toward his intended victim... In a remote European kingdom, plotters had moved toward the murder of an old king and his young heir, Michael. But the lad escaped, and, through a series of the chilling, heart stopping adventures only Edgar Rice Burroughs could have written, finds himself on the shores of Africa, his only friend and protector a giant feral cat.  Then, one day, Michael and his loyal friend find themselves face to face with the deadliest enemy of all.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Places: Africa