Product Description: In 1933, American showman Carl Denham returned from a mysterious, hidden island with a priceless treasure. A treasure not gold or jewels, but the island's barbaric god, a monstrous anthropoid called "Kong." The savage giant escaped and wreaked havoc among the man-made canyons of Manhattan, but within hours of the giant ape's death his body - and Carl Denham - disappeared...read more

A novelization of the 1930s cinematic classic follows the discovery on a remote island of the giant ape, the beast's ill-fated affection for a young woman, and his capture and exploitation by greedy would-be entrepreneurs. Simultaneous. (A Universal Pictures film, directed by Peter Jackson, releasing December 2005, starring Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, & Jack Black) (Science Fiction)

The classic adventure of the great ape is retold with dramatic full-color illustrations, from an uncharted native island to the populated one of Manhattan, where the climatic confrontation takes place high atop the Empire State Building.