King Kong

The ultimate cinematic monster masterpiece, born from the imaginations of Hollywood’s greatest dreamers and pulp fiction's finest storyteller.


The Eighth Wonder of the World is unleashed.

Driven by an obsession to capture something the world has never seen, rogue filmmaker Carl Denham charters a ship to a destination whispered only in maritime myths: Skull Island. Hidden behind a perpetual wall of fog, the uncharted island is rumored to harbor a primeval world untouched by time. Alongside Denham is Ann Darrow, a beautiful, struggling actress desperate for her big break, and Jack Driscoll, a rugged first mate who finds himself falling for her.
The expedition quickly turns into a waking nightmare. Captured by the island's native inhabitants, Ann is offered as a sacred sacrifice to their god—a colossal, terrifying prehistoric ape known only as Kong.

As Driscoll and a heavily armed rescue party plunge into a treacherous jungle teeming with nightmare creatures from the dawn of time, Kong forms a strange, fiercely protective bond with his beautiful captive. But Denham has a more sinister plan: to capture the monster and bring him back to the glittering lights of New York City for the ultimate theatrical exhibition. What follows is a tragic, epic clash between the primal forces of nature and the arrogant greed of modern civilization, culminating in an unforgettable, desperate stand atop the Empire State Building.

Conceived by filmmaker Merian C. Cooper, structured by legendary thriller writer Edgar Wallace, and novelized in roaring pulp prose by Delos Wheeler Lovelace, this original 1932 novelization hit shelves just ahead of the iconic 1933 movie. It remains the definitive literary telling of the greatest monster myth of the 20th century.