The warlord of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Category: Fiction

Status: Available

Source: Public Domain — Project Gutenberg

About This Book

"The Warlord of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fantasy novel written in 1913 and published in 1914. John Carter races across the frozen polar regions of Mars to rescue his imprisoned wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from vengeful enemies who have abducted her. His desperate pursuit leads him to discover the hidden realm of the Yellow Martians and their tyrannical ruler, triggering battles and rebellions that will determine the fate of multiple Martian kingdoms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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The Warlord of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

ON THE RIVER ISS

In the shadows of the forest that flanks the crimson plain by the side of the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor, beneath the hurtling moons of Mars, speeding their meteoric way close above the bosom of the dying planet, I crept stealthily along the trail of a shadowy form that hugged the darker places with a persistency that proclaimed the sinister nature of its errand.

For six long Martian months I had haunted the vicinity of the hateful Temple of the Sun, within whose slow-revolving shaft, far beneath the surface of Mars, my princess lay entombed—but whether alive or dead I knew not. Had Phaidor’s slim blade found that beloved heart? Time only would reveal the truth.

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