Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most exciting saga, known as The Martian Series. It's the beginning of an incredible odyssey in which John Carter, a gentleman from Virginia and a Civil War veteran, unexpectedly finds himself on to the red planet, scene of continuing combat among rival tribes. Captured by a band of six-limbed, green-skinned savage giants called Tharks, Carter soon is accorded all the honor of a chieftain after it's discovered that his muscles, accustomed to Earth's greater gravity, now give him a decided advantage in strength. And when his captors take as prisoner Dejah Thoris, the lovely human-looking princess of the city of Helium, Carter must call upon every ounce of strength, courage, and ingenuity to rescue her-before Dejah becomes the slave of the depraved Thark leader, Tal Hajus!
A Princess of Mars / Gods of Mars / Warlord of Mars / Thuvia, Maid of Mars / Chessmen of Mars / Master Mind of Mars / Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom #1-7)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
When John Carter goes to sleep in a mysterious cave in the Arizona dessert, he wakes up on the planet Mars. There he meets the fifteen foot tall, four armed, green men of mars, with horse-like dragons, and watch dogs like oversized frogs with ten legs. His adventures continue as he battles great white apes, fights plant men, defies the Goddess of Death, and braves the frozen wastes of Polar Mars. In other adventures, the Prince of Helium encounters a race of telepathic warriors, the Princess of Helium confronts the headless men of Mars, Captain Ulysses Paxton learns the secret of human immortality, and Tan Hadron's idealized notion of love is tested as he fights off gigantic spiders and cannibals. Edgar Rice Burroughs vision of Mars was loosely inspired by astronomical speculation of the time, especially that of Percival Lowell, who saw the red planet as a formerly Earth-like world now becoming less hospitable to life due to its advanced age. Burroughs predicted the invention of homing devices, radar, sonar, autopilot, collision detection, television, teletype, genetic cloning, living organ transplants, antigravity propulsion, and many other concepts that were well ahead of his time. The books in the Barsoom series were an early inspiration to many, including science fiction authors Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury, they influenced renowned scientist Carl Sagan in his quest for extraterrestrial life, and were instrumental in the making of James Cameron's Avatar, and George Lucas' Star Wars. This edition includes 45 illustrations.
At the Earth's Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Il ritorno di Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan hides his inheritance as an English lord, because he believes his cousin William Cecil Clayton would make a better lord and husband for his beloved Jane. He is distracted by a married Russian countess, whose criminal brother Nicholas Rokoff is a real villain for the series. Tarzan is set up for attack by a dozen Paris muggers.
Tarzan fondly recalls his foster ape mother to D'Arnot:
"To you my friend, she would have appeared a hideous and ugly creature, but to me she was beautiful -- so gloriously does love transfigure its object."
John Carter of Mars (Barsoom, #1-5)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Contains the first five installments of Edgar Rice Burroughs' beloved Barsoom Series:A Princess of MarsThe Gods of MarsThe Warlord of MarsThuvia, Maid of MarsThe Chessmen of Mars
John Carter's Chronicles of Mars (Barsoom, #1-5)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Collected here in this oversized omnibus edition are five novels of Mars by Edgar Rice A Princess of Mars, Gods Of Mars, Warlords of Mars, Thuvia, Maid of Mars, and The Chessmen of Mars. These novels will transport you to a lush Mars that never was. A Mars filled with strange and wonderful flora and fauna; giants and monsters, and most importantly maidens in distress and fabulous adventures. Join John Carter as he explores this fantastic milieu.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan (Tarzan #6)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Glorious tales of Tarzan’s early growth to manhood in the forest...
Tarzan, the heart of primeval Africa, escapes death on the horn of Buto the rhinoceros, saves the life of Tantor the elephant, sends the witchdoctor Bukawai to a terrible death, battle victoriously with his arch-enemy Numa the Lion, and slowly but surely fights his way to a mastery of his savage, unforgiving jungle.
Out of Time's Abyss
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Return of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Sotto le Lune di Marte
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Solo alcune tribù semibarbariche che si combattono senza requie: ecco quanto resta di un'antica civiltà su un pianeta Marte in completa decadenza. In questo strano mondo, la forza bruta e la scienza convivono, tant'è che, spesso, l'abilità e la forza nel maneggiare la spada possono avere la meglio su qualsiasi ritrovato scientifico. Primo di dieci romanzi, Sotto le lune di Marte ci fa conoscere il Capitano John Carter il quale, approdato sul Pianeta Rosso, incontra la bellissima Principessa Dejah Thoris, se ne innamora e... Questo romanzo rappresenta l'inizio della Science Fantasy, che tanto successo riscuote a tutt'oggi grazie alla commistione di elementi barbarici e scientifici.
Tarzan: 3 Romane in einem Band
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Die Legende lebt!
Tarzan ist eine unsterbliche Ikone und einer der erfolgreichsten Helden der Popkultur. Dieser Band vereint drei seiner aufregensten Abenteuer, darunter der erste Tarzan-Roman Tarzan bei den Affen, der die Geburt des Dschungelmenschen erzählt.
Die Romane von Edgar Rice Burroughs haben nichts von ihrer Faszination verloren: Der Tarzan-Mythos ist eine der größten Abenteuergeschichten aller Zeiten!
Tarzan and the City of Gold (Tarzan, #16)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The original unedited magazine version of this story which finds Tarzan wandering the distant lands of Abyssinia, lured by the secrets and mystery of that land. And it is in one far place that the strange white warrior in armor of ivory leads him to the luxurious court of the most beautiful woman in the world, to slavery, to the arena, to the lion pit, to an atmosphere of love and hate, of intrigue and murder, to new friends and powerful enemies, to the throne of the Great God Thoos, to flaming Xarator, and to the horrors of the Grand Hunt.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (Tarzan, #5)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bankrupt Tarzan returns to Opar with Waziri guards.Tarzan injures his head in a fight and loses his memory. La, high priestess for the Flaming God, follows guarded by degenerate bestial priests and sacrificial knives. She has wanted the forest god since their first meeting, lust/love conflicts with anger. Meanwhile Arabs attack, massacre Waziri, kidnap Jane.
Tarzan and the Leopard Men (Tarzan, #18)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The steel-clawed Leopard Men were looking for victims for their savage rites. The secret cult struck terror in the hearts of all the villagers. Only Orando of the Utengi dared to declare war on them. And with Orando went Tarzan of the Apes -- but a strangely changed Tarzan, who now believed that he was Muzimo, the spirit or demon who had been Orando's ancestor. There were traitors among Orando's people. And in the village of the Leopard Men was Kali Bwana, the white girl who had come to Africa to find a missing man. Only Tarzan could save her....
Tarzan at the Earth's Core (Tarzan, #13; Pellucidar, #4)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Picking up cries for help from Pellucidar, Jason Gridley of Tarzana enlists Tarzan. Gridley and Lord Greystoke travel to the exotic and strange land within the Earth to save Pellucidar Emperor David Innes, captured by Korsar pirates. The savage realm has eternal noon and bizarre monsters.
Tarzan delle scimmie
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Forse non esiste una parte del mondo dove il nome di Tarzan non sia noto. La storia del figlio di Lord Greystoke, rimasto in tenera età orfano nella foresta africana e allevato dalle scimmie; le innumerevoli avventure superate combattendo vittoriosamente contro animali feroci e contro pericolosi guerrieri indigeni, e il suo ritorno a quella "civiltà" in cui non ha mai vissuto, fanno di Tarzan delle Scimmie un romanzo che non ha perduto nulla del suo fascino e della sua attrattiva. L'immortale eroe creato dalla fervida fantasia di Edgar Rice Burroughs, fonte di tante versioni cinematografiche, da quelle con Johnny Weissmuller fino alla più recente con Christopher Lambert, ha oltrepassato il mare che circonda il suo continente d'origine per approdare nell'immaginario collettivo di ogni paese come personaggio intramontabile.
Tarzan din neamul maimutelor
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin for their growing family.
But disaster falls. Great Apes raise the small son, destined to be Lord of the Jungle.
TARZAN OF THE APES SERIES - Complete 25 Book Collection (Illustrated): The Return of Tarzan, The Beasts of Tarzan, The Son of Tarzan, Tarzan and the Jewels ... Lion, Tarzan the Terrible and many more
Edgar Rice Burroughs
This carefully edited collection of adventure novels has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Tarzan of the Apes The Return of Tarzan The Beasts of Tarzan The Son of Tarzan Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Jungle Tales of Tarzan Tarzan the Untamed Tarzan the Terrible Tarzan and the Golden Lion Tarzan and the Ant Men Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle Tarzan and the Lost Empire Tarzan at the Earth's Core Tarzan the Invincible Tarzan Triumphant Tarzan and the City of Gold Tarzan and the Lion Man Tarzan and the Leopard Men Tarzan's Quest Tarzan and the Forbidden City Tarzan the Magnificent Tarzan and the Foreign Legion Tarzan and the Castaways The Tarzan Twins Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins with Jad-bal-ja the Golden Lion Tarzan or John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the Atlantic coast of Africa by mutineers. When he was only an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom John was adopted. He gets the ape name Tarzan and he is being raised in the African jungles by the Mangani great apes. Tarzan later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Beside Tarzan's adventures, Burroughs also wrote popular science fiction and fantasy stories involving Earthly adventurers transported to various planets (notably Barsoom, Burroughs's fictional name for Mars, and Amtor, his fictional name for Venus), lost islands, and into the interior of the hollow earth in his Pellucidar stories, as well as westerns and historical romances.
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin for their growing family.
But disaster falls. Great Apes raise the small son, destined to be Lord of the Jungle.
TARZAN OF THE APES. VOLUME 1. BOOKS 1 TO 8. (Timeless Wisdom Collection Book 1201)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
This volume one contains the first EIGHT books of the famous series "Tarzan of the Apes", written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tarzan Of The Apes
The Return of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan
The Son Of Tarzan
Tarzan and The Jewels of Opar
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Tarzan The Untamed
Tarzan The Terrible
There is not much to say about Tarzan. We all know him, we all have seen the dozens of TV series and movies inspired by this timeless character.
Now, you have the opportunity to go into the the books that made countless generations dream of adventure in the Jungles of the world.
Tarzan the Terrible (Tarzan, #8)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The game was up. That Tarzan knew. No longer could cunning and diplomacy usurp the functions of the weapons of defense he best loved. And so the first hideous priest who leaped to the platform was confronted by no suave ambassador from heaven, but rather a grim and ferocious beast whose temper savored more of hell.~~~ Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination. Tarzan the Terrible, first published in 1921, is considered by devotees one of the best of Burroughs' tales of the ape-man. Here, Tarzan sets off to rescue his beloved Jane, kidnapped by Lieutenant Obergatz, but the journey takes him across lands untamed and uncharted, inhabited by primitive tribes and archaic creatures from the depths of time. American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875-1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science fiction novels that are still beloved today, including Tarzan of the Apes (1912), At the Earth's Core (1914), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That Time Forgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.
Tarzan the Untamed (Tarzan, #7)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
With the speed of the great apes, Tarzan rushed through the jungle toward his home and family. But he was already too late. The marauders had been there before him. His farm was in shambles and no one was left alive. Of his beloved wife there was only a charred, blackened corpse, still wearing the rings he had given her. Silently, he buried the body and swore his terrible vengeance against those who had done this terrible deed. Then he set out grimly to track them --through warring armies -- across a vast desert that no man had ever crossed -- and to a strange valley where only madmen lived.
The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant son, Jack, is kidnapped in London by his old Russian enemies, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch. Following an anonymous call about the whereabouts of Jack, Tarzan himself falls into Rokoff's trap and is imprisoned aboard a ship carrying Jack. Jane, fearing Tarzan was entering a trap, follows him and also finds herself in Rokoff's clutches aboard the ship. Rokoff sets sail to Africa, eventually exiling Tarzan on an island near the African coast and telling Tarzan that Jack will be left with a cannibal tribe and raised as one of their own.
The Chessmen of Mars (Barsoom #5)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Impetuous and headstrong is Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter. Tara meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. Later she takes her flier into a storm and loses control of the craft, and the storm carries her to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom. After landing and fleeing from a pack of ferocious Banths (Martian lions), she is captured by the horrific Kaldanes, who resemble large heads with small, crab-like legs. The Kaldanes have bred a symbiotic race of headless human-like creatures called Rykors, which they can attach themselves to and ride like a horse. While imprisoned, Tara manages to win over one of the Kaldanes, Ghek, with her lovely singing voice.
Fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November 1922.
"A daughter," he replied, "only a little younger than Carthoris, and, barring one, the fairest thing that ever breathed the thin air of dying Mars. Only Dejah Thoris, her mother, could be more beautiful than Tara of Helium."For a moment he fingered the chessmen idly. "We have a game on Mars similar to chess," he said, "very similar. And there is a race there that plays it grimly with men and naked swords. We call the game jetan. It is played on a board like yours, except that there are a hundred squares and we use twenty pieces on each side. I never see it played without thinking of Tara of Helium and what befell her among the chessmen of Barsoom. Would you like to hear her story?"I said that I would and so he told it to me, and now I shall try to re-tell it for you as nearly in the words of The Warlord of Mars as I can recall them, but in the third person. If there be inconsistencies and errors, let the blame fall not upon John Carter, but rather upon my faulty memory, where it belongs. It is a strange tale and utterly Barsoomian.
The Gods of Mars (Barsoom #2)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars -- an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.
The Gods of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second of his Barsoom series. It was first published in The All-Story as a five-part serial in the issues for January-May 1913.[1] It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in September, 1918.
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For moments after that awful laugh had ceased reverberating through the rocky room, Tars Tarkas and I stood in tense and expectant silence. But no further sound broke the stillness, nor within the range of our vision did aught move.At length Tars Tarkas laughed softly, after the manner of his strange kind when in the presence of the horrible or terrifying. It is not an hysterical laugh, but rather the genuine expression of the pleasure they derive from the things that move Earth men to loathing or to tears.Often and again have I seen them roll upon the ground in mad fits of uncontrollable mirth when witnessing the death agonies of women and little children beneath the torture of that hellish green Martian fete-the Great Games.I looked up at the Thark, a smile upon my own lips, for here in truth was greater need for a smiling face than a trembling chin.
The Land That Time Forgot (Caspak, #1)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers and fierce Neanderthals inhabit the mysterious continent of Caspak in this classic lost world adventure, perfect for fans of Jurassic Park 1916. It’s wartime and an American ship has just been torpedoed. Flung into the open seas, Bowen Tyler is rescued and taken captive aboard an enemy submarine. With him held prisoner alongside fellow survivor, the beautiful Lys la Rue, the submarine enters unchartered seas. On the horizon, land is spotted—a mysterious island, previously undiscovered. Cautiously, crew and prisoners alike disembark to explore the strange new continent. Surrounded by primeval jungle, they are soon to discover life here has stood still for millions of years, with Neanderthals and dinosaurs still roaming. Taking charge immediately, Tyler sets up camp and brokers a tentative pact between prisoners and crew for them to work together. But Tyler’s new life will be a constant fight for survival. Peace between the factions in his camp will crumble, the Neanderthals will attack, and the dinosaurs are getting closer. And finally when Lys La Rue is kidnapped, Tyler knows he must leave the safety of camp and battle to save her, while ever getting closer to unraveling the secrets of the incredible continent of Caspak. This is a classic lost world novel, full of adventure, war, and intrigue, from a master of the genre.
The Lost Continent
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The year is 2137. Two hundred years ago -- in our time, more or less -- Eurasia fought a war to end all wars, a war that meant, for all intents and purposes, the end of the Old World. The Americas managed to retain their civilization -- but only by engaging by the most extreme form or isolationism imaginable for two centuries, now, no American has ventured east of the thirtieth parallel. "East for the East . . ." the slogan went, "The West for the West!" Until a terrible storm at sea forced American lieutenant Jefferson Turck to disobey the law, seeking safe harbor in England -- where he found that two centuries of isolation have desolated the land. The damaged ship found a Europe that is no longer an enemy -- a ruined land that is utterly unable to be an enemy -- or a friend.
The Mad King
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The Martian Tales Trilogy (Barsoom #1-3)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
When it rains in a Burroughs novel, the reader gets wet." -- Science-fiction writer Jack McDevittCombining otherworldly adventures with elements of classical myth, fast-paced plots with cliffhanging tension, and imaginative fantasy with vivid prose, Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Martian Tales Trilogy helped define a new literary genre emerging in the early twentieth century that would become known as science fiction.Hero John Carter proves himself against deadly foes in The Martian Trilogy. In the first installment, Carter wins the affections of the "princess of Mars" and the respect of the Martian warlords whom he befriends. The excitement continues in The Gods of Mars when Carter engages the Black Pirates in airborne combat above the dead seas of Mars and leads a revolt to free the Martian races from a religion that thrives on living sacrifices. In the third book, Warlord of Mars, Carter overcomes the forces of evil that would destroy the planet. By the end of the trilogy the Martians all clamor for a triumphant John Carter to be their king.
About the Author:Born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 1, 1875, Edgar Rice Burroughs grew to maturity during the height of the Industrial Revolution and witnessed the emergence of the United States as a twentieth-century world power. Hailing from a well-to-do family, Burroughs was given an aristocratic education steeped in Latin and Greek, but he was drawn more to an itinerant life of adventure than to a life in the boardroom. The author of Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Burroughs did not confine himself to a single genre; he also wrote medieval romances (The Outlaw of Torn, 1914), westerns (The War Chief of the Apaches, 1927), and mainstream novels (The Girl from Hollywood, 1922).
The Monster Men
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The Moon Maid (Moon Trilogy, #1)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
In the late twentieth century, Admiral Julian 3rd can get no rest, for he knows his future. He will be reborn as his grandson in the next century to journey through space and make an ominous discovery inside the moon; he will live again in the dark years of the twenty-second century as Julian 9th, who refuses to bow down to the victorious Moon Men; and as Julian 20th, the fierce Red Hawk, he will lead humanity's final battle against the alien invaders in the twenty-fifth century. The Moon Maid is Edgar Rice Burroughs's stunning epic of a world conquered by alien invaders from the moon and of the hero Julian, who champions the earth's struggle for freedom, peace, and dignity. The most complete version of The Moon Maid saga ever made available, this edition contains the story as published serially, along with numerous passages, sentences, and words excised from the magazine version or added later by the author. This edition also features an introduction by Terry Bisson, new illustrations by Thomas Floyd, the classic frontispiece by J. Allen St. John, essays by scholar Richard J. Golsan and writer Phillip R. Burger, a glossary by Scott Tracy Griffin, and a compendium of alterations to the text.
The Oakdale Affair
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The Outlaw of Torn
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The People That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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The Return of Tarzan (Tarzan, #2)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan hides his inheritance as an English lord, because he believes his cousin William Cecil Clayton would make a better lord and husband for his beloved Jane. He is distracted by a married Russian countess, whose criminal brother Nicholas Rokoff is a real villain for the series. Tarzan is set up for attack by a dozen Paris muggers.
Tarzan fondly recalls his foster ape mother to D'Arnot:
"To you my friend, she would have appeared a hideous and ugly creature, but to me she was beautiful -- so gloriously does love transfigure its object."
The Son of Tarzan (Tarzan, #4)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Alexis Paulvitch, one of Tarzan's enemies, wants to get even, so he draws Tarzan's son, Jack, away from London, but Jack isn't so easy to capture and kill. He escapes, and makes a home among the apes as his father did. He becomes known as Korak the Killer, and meets a lovely young woman named Meriem. Narrow escapes, fun action, and a definite sense of adventure in the wilds of Africa make this a must-read book.
The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his evil adversaries, but he is always just one step behind! His battles cover the face of the red planet, as his quest carries him ultimately to the mysterious northern pole. Will this civilization, submerged in ice, prove fatal to our hero? This is the third of eleven in the popular 'Martian' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom, #4)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Mars has become divided by love. Not one, but two princes and a Jeddak are vying for the love of Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is mysteriously kidnapped, treachery threatens to throw Barsoom into bloody war. Now Cathoris must follow in the footsteps of his father, John Carter, and overcome phantom armies, dangerous spies and savage beasts as he attempts to save his true love and reunite Mars. The fourth Martian novel from Burroughs.
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Upon a massive bench of polished ersite beneath the gorgeous blooms of a giant pimalia a woman sat. Her shapely, sandalled foot tapped impatiently upon the jewel-strewn walk that wound beneath the stately sorapus trees across the scarlet sward of the royal gardens of Thuvan Dihn, Jeddak of Ptarth, as a dark-haired, red-skinned warrior bent low toward her, whispering heated words close to her ear. "Ah, Thuvia of Ptarth," he cried, "you are cold even before the fiery blasts of my consuming love! No harder than your heart, nor colder is the hard, cold ersite of this thrice happy bench which supports your divine and fadeless form! Tell me, O Thuvia of Ptarth, that I may still hope-that though you do not love me now, yet some day, some day, my princess, I-" The girl sprang to her feet with an exclamation of surprise and displeasure. Her queenly head was poised haughtily upon her smooth red shoulders. Her dark eyes looked angrily into those of the man.
Uma Princesa de Marte
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Um século após sua publicação, Uma Princesa de Marte recebe sua primeira versão brasileira do texto original que inspirou o filme John Carter, dos estúdios Disney. O capitão John Carter, combatente do exército confederado, tenta recomeçar sua vida após perder tudo o que possuia com o fim da Guerra Civil Americana. Ele só não poderia imaginar que seu caminho o levaria a terras desconhecidas em outro planeta. Apesar da aparência inóspita, Marte é repleto de vida, com uma flora peculiar e fauna diversificada, habitada por estranhas raças constantemente em guerra umas com as outras. Capturado pelos temíveis tharks, John Carter luta por sua liberdade e busca conquistar o amor de Dejah Thoris, princesa de Helium. Numa jornada repleta de contratempos, ele se envolve em disputas entre as diversas tribos de Barsoom – como o planeta é chamado por seus habitantes –, fazendo poderosos inimigos e ganhando a confiança de importantes aliados. Em seus romances barsoomianos, do qual Uma Princesa de Marte é o primeiro livro, seguido por Os Deuses de Marte e O Comandante de Marte, Burroughs criou um herói marcante, uma cultura vasta e rica.
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