Tarzan and the Golden Lion is an adventure novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a seven part serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly beginning in December 1922, and then as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg and Co. on March 24, 1923. The story picks up with the Clayton family: Tarzan, Jane Porter and their son Korak, returning from their adventures in the previous novel. Along the way, they find an orphaned lion cub, which Tarzan takes home and trains.