The Forbidden Land

The Forbidden Land by Dan Cushman. Ray Blades had been in Africa too long, always looking for that big stake so he could return to Manitoba, Canada with money in his pockets. When a beautiful white woman mistakes him for someone else, he hires out to take her to find her missing father and husband. Deep in the jungle a madman is holding them prisoner. He is Herr Lutgow, a gorilla-sized man with the strength to go with his appearance. Blades must enter the compound, rescue the prisoners, and escape with them into the jungle, even if he has to kill Lutgow first. This was another great adventure by Dan Cushman, even if it is the same plot and characters, just different names and situations. Cushman makes them come alive, and the characters are memorable regardless of their names.