In our title story, it’s Christmastime, and Donald, UncleScrooge, 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 themselvesfacing the fury of the island’s volcano! Then, to do battle against an invasivebug species, Donald and the boys head off to the uncharted jungles of theAmazon rainforest to bring back the bug’s natural enemy species. But a mysteryfoe, out to foil their mission, sends a crocodile stampede their way — which isonly a warm-up to the stampede of dinosaurs they face when they get to TheForbidden Valley. No, it’s not nice to fool with MotherNature! Also, when Gyro Gearloose invents a rocket to enteran “Around-the-World-in-80-Minutes” race, Donald agrees to pilot the ship — buthe doesn’t know that his opponent is none other than Gladstone Gander — whoseinfernal luck never lets him lose! Carl Barks delivers another 170 pages ofimaginative exuberance, rollicking high adventure, and all-around cartooningbrilliance, in addition to insightful story notes by an international panel ofBarks experts.