Doc Caliban and Lord Gandrith Novels

The Hugo Award–winning author continues his epic fictional pastiche that began with A Feast Unknown in this further adventure of Doc Caliban. One of Philip José Farmer's most iconic creations, "Doc Caliban" is an alternate-universe version of the famous fictional character Doc Savage. In A Feast Unknown, Caliban and Lord Grandrith (based on Tarzan) discover they share the same devastating affliction caused by a mysterious cabal known as the Nine. In a pair of sequels-The Mad Goblin and Lord of the Trees-Farmer follows each hero on separate adventures as they pursue their revenge on the Nine. In The Mad Goblin, Doc Caliban tracks down one of the Nine's most powerful members, an ancient dwarf named Iwaldi. Soon, Savage is navigating the dwarf's deadly stronghold, a maze of tunnels honeycombed with hidden devices and traps. Whatever danger he faces, Caliban must overcome-because Iwaldi plans a hideous end to all humanity if he cannot be stopped.

An alternate-universe Tarzan seeks revenge on an all-powerful cabal in this science fiction adventure-a sequel to A Feast Unknown.  He is Viscount Grandrith: member of the House of Lords, slayer of wild beasts, and righter of wrongs. Having tasted the elixir of life, he possesses near-immortal power-a power that comes with a dark affliction shared only by his half-brother, Doc Caliban. On his way to rediscover his childhood roots in Gabon, Lord Grandrith survives a thousand-foot plunge into shark-infested seas-an experience that revitalizes his taste for adventure. And that is just as well. For the Lord of the Trees has fallen into the grip of the Nine, grim and ancient rulers who control the world from afar . . . A partner novel to The Mad Goblin, Lord of the Trees continues the strange saga that began with Philip José Farmer's controversial novel A Feast Unknown.