In our title story, it's Christmastime, and Donald, Uncle Scrooge, and
the nephews are searching for rare black pearls on a remote island. But
when their boat is sucked into an underwater cavern, they find
themselves facing the fury of the island's volcano! Then, to do battle
against an invasive bug species, Donald and the boys head off to the
uncharted jungles of the Amazon rainforest to bring back the bug's
natural enemy species. But a mystery foe, out to foil their mission,
sends a crocodile stampede their way -- which is only a warm-up to the
stampede of dinosaurs they face when they get to The Forbidden Valley.
No, it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature! Also, when Gyro Gearloose
invents a rocket to enter an "Around-the-World-in-80-Minutes" race,
Donald agrees to pilot the ship -- but he doesn't know that his opponent
is none other than Gladstone Gander -- whose infernal luck never lets
him lose! Carl Barks delivers another 170 pages of imaginative
exuberance, rollicking high adventure, and all-around cartooning
brilliance, in addition to insightful story notes by an international
panel of Barks experts.