Tanar of Pellucidar. By Edgar Rice Burroughs. Full Audiobook
"Tanar of Pellucidar" is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published in 1930. It is the third book in the Pellucidar series. The story begins with Jason Gridley, a friend of the author, who is experimenting with a new radio frequency he dubs the Gridley Wave. He picks up a transmission sent by scientist Abner Perry from the interior world of Pellucidar at the Earth's core, a realm discovered by Perry and his friend David Innes many years before, inhabited by prehistoric creatures. There, Innes and Perry have established an Empire of Pellucidar, actually a confederation of tribes, and attempted with mixed success to modernize the stone-age natives. Lately, things have not gone well, and Innes is currently held captive in an enemy realm. Perry transmits a lengthy account of how this has come about, as reported by Innes's native comrade in arms Tanar, and appeals for aid from the outer world. Tanar's narrative comprises the bulk of the novel.

Innes had led an army to the relief of the member tribe of Thuria and the remnants of the Empire's former foes, the reptilian Mahars. Both had been attacked by a previously unknown people, the Korsars (corsairs), the scourge of the internal seas. These, it is eventually learned, are the descendants of outer world Moorish pirates who had penetrated Pellucidar centuries before through a natural polar opening connecting the outer and inner worlds. The empire's forces succeed in repulsing the Korsars, but the raiders retain as hostage Tanar, son of Innes’ ally Ghak of Sari. They hope to trade him for the secret of the empire's superior weaponry. Leaving his forces to construct ships to counter the enemy fleet, Innes and his comrade Ja of Anoroc set out alone to rescue Tanar, guided by their own prisoner, the Korsar Fitt.

On the enemy flagship, Tanar is interrogated by the Cid, leader of the Korsars, and his ugly henchman Bohar the Bloody. The young warrior also encounters Stellara, supposedly the Cid's daughter, who attempts to intercede on behalf of Tanar and his fellow captives. A storm destroys the ship, and the crew takes to the lifeboats, leaving Tanar and Stellara adrift on the wreckage. Stellara confides to him that she is not really a Korsar, as her mother Allara was stolen by the Cid from the native island of Amiocap and she bears a birthmark proving she is actually the daughter of Fedol, her mother's former mate.

The two are eventually rescued by Innes and Ja, who have been searching for them in a small boat. They return to the empire's capital of Sari, where Stellara is reunited with her father Fedol, who is now the king of Amiocap. Tanar and Stellara fall in love, but their happiness is threatened by the jealousy of Ja, who also loves Stellara. The situation is resolved when Stellara reveals that she is pregnant with Tanar's child. The novel ends with the birth of their son, and the announcement that Innes and Perry have returned to the outer world to seek aid in the form of modern weapons and equipment to help the empire defend itself against future attacks.
More: Tanar, Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jason Gridley, Abner Perry, David Innes
prehistoric creatures, native comrade, Korsars
corsairs, superior weaponry, Ja of Anoroc
Cid, Bohar the Bloody, Stellara

00:00:00 Prologue
00:11:10 Introduction
00:29:09 Chapter 1. Stellara
00:51:45 Chapter 2. Disaster
01:11:41 Chapter 3. Amiocap
01:37:18 Chapter 4. Letari
01:58:10 Chapter 5. The Tandor Hunter
02:19:50 Chapter 6. The Island Of Love
02:41:20 Chapter 7. "Korsars!"
03:05:23 Chapter 8. Mow
03:25:39 Chapter 9. Love And Treachery
03:49:01 Chapter 10. Pursuit
04:14:41 Chapter 11. Gura
04:43:03 Chapter 12. "I Hate You!"
05:08:16 Chapter 13. Prisoners
05:33:00 Chapter 14. Two Suns
06:01:29 Chapter 15. Madness
06:25:48 Chapter 16. The Darkness Beyond
06:49:40 Chapter 17. Down To The Sea
07:10:16 Chapter 18. Conclusion

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