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The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The The People That Time Forgott is a direct sequel to The Land That Time Forgot and continues the lost world saga begun in the earlier story. The People That Time Forgot begins with the organization of an expedition to rescue Bowen J. Tyler, Lys La Rue, and the other castaways marooned on the large South Pacific island of Caprona, whose tropical interior, known to its inhabitants as Caspak, is home to prehistoric fauna of all eras. Tyler's recovered manuscript detailing their ordeal is delivered to his family, and the relief effort is put together by Tom Billings, secretary of the Tyler shipbuilding business. The expedition's ship, the Toreador, locates Caprona. Billings' gets separated from the others in the interior of Caspak, where he saves a native girl, Ajor, and undertakes to accompany her back to her people. The Caspak saga is concluded in Out of Time's Abyss. Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 -- March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he produced works in many genres. Burroughs wrote popular science fiction stories involving Earthly adventurers transported to various planets, notably Barsoom, Burroughs' fictional name for Mars, and Amtor, his fictional name for Venus, as well as lost islands, and the interior of the earth in his Pellucidar stories. He also wrote westerns and historical romances. The Caspak trilogy
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