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Cover by Gary McCluskey OUHA by Félicien Champsaur adapted by Brian Stableford At that moment, a huge ape arrived at the summit and set foot on the edge. He turned round, drew himself up to his full height and lifted his victim into the air-and the hairy giant uttered a roar, like a cry of war and victory: "Ouha! Ouha! Ouha!" Behind him, the great apes reappeared, and there was an immense, quasi-human and guttural acclamation, as if to a glorious leader: "Ouha! Ouha! Ouha!" US$22.95/GBP 14.99 5x8 tpb, 284 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-61227-115-6 Félicien Champsaur's Ouha, King of the Apes (1923) is the thematic "missing link" between Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (1912) and Edgar Wallace's King Kong (1933). In it, Ouha, an exceptional ape from the jungles of Borneo, is educated and transformed into the "Napoleon of Apes" by a well-meaning American scientist. But tragically, Ouha eventually falls victim to a "Beauty and the Beast" doomed romance. There is an archetypal quality to the character of Ouha, as there is to Tarzan and King Kong; if he is no more plausible than Jules Lermina's To-Ho, he is no less relevant as a specter at the feast of civilization and modern morality. Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the works of Paul Féval and other French writers of the fantastique for Black Coat Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels: The New Faust at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of Camelot. Contents: Ouha, Roi des Singes (Ouha, King Of The Apes) (Charpentier-Fasquelle, 1923) Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.