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This is Book 2 in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian Series, also known as the Barsoom Series. This is the extraordinary story of John Carter, who returns to the Red Planet in search of his beloved, Dejah Thoris. John lands in the Valley Dor, which is populated by vicious plant men, and discovers the Lost Sea of Korus, guarded by the great white apes and horrifying lions of Barsoom. It is here that he finds the princess Thuvia, who is a captive of the Holy Therns, high priests who eat only human flesh slain by their plant men. But this is only the beginning of John Carter's adventures under the double moons of Mars before he fights his way back to his own people as the Prince of the House of Tardos Mors.

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Soldier and adventurer John Carter tells the story of how he returns to the planet Mars to be reunited with his love, the Martian princess Dejah Thoris. With his great friend Tars Tarkas, mighty Jeddak of Thark, Carter sets out in search of his princess. But Dejah Thoris has vanished. And Carter becomes trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars, from which none has ever escaped alive.

The Gods of Mars - An Exciting Sequel Worth Picking UpFans of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs may already be acquainted with the author's exceptional work in portraying a successful science fantasy novel known as The Princess of Mars. The Gods of Mars is a remarkable sequel to this story, featuring John Carter's return to Mars and his newfound adventures alongside his trusted friend Tars Tarkas. Shedding more light on the dynamic manner in which life unfolds on Mars, this exciting fictional novel uncovers a new and sinister race of self-proclaimed gods called the Therns, that exploit and enslave the Barsoomians, and are in turn ruled by Issus, a self-proclaimed goddess who controls them through communications mistaken for divine revelations.As Carter and Tars fight for their lives and freedom, they encounter new friends and foes, leaping from battles to revolutions and being imprisoned, in one of the most exciting and fast paced novels written by Burroughs.Although the book is intended mostly for its sheer quality of entertainment, Burroughs throws his readers many curved balls, some of which can be found throughout his Martian series. He goes to great lengths to set up the stage and make it seem like the tales depicted in his books are actually based on real facts, and at the end of The Gods of Mars, the future of one of the main protagonists is left undetermined, and readers need to read the third novel in the series, The Warlord of Mars, to find out exactly what happens next.Burroughs has a way of depicting the villains and heroes presented in his novels in a remarkably dynamic fashion, so that you never truly know where the story is going before it gets there. His colorful, dramatic descriptions and narrations will leave you breathless in a true adrenaline rush of battles and adventures set at the very edge of what can be imagined.

John Carter returns to the red planet ten years after his Martian death in search of his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris. He joins forces with his old comrades and forms new lifetime alliances as he battles hostile enemies, previously unknown to his people of Barsoom. His adventures reveal the truth about the Gods of Mars. This is the second of eleven in the popular 'Martian' series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Beginning with John Carter's return to Barsoom (Mars) after a ten year hiatus -- separated from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own -- John Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, the Barsoomian heaven.

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Soldier and adventurer John Carter tells the story of how he returns to the planet Mars to be reunited with his love, the Martian princess Dejah Thoris. With his great friend Tars Tarkas, mighty Jeddak of Thark, Carter sets out in search of his princess. But Dejah Thoris has vanished. And Carter becomes trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars from which none has ever escaped alive.

Classics for Your Collection:goo.gl/U80LCr---------At the end of the first book, A Princess of Mars, John Carter is unwillingly transported back to Earth. The Gods of Mars begins with his arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.Burroughs introduced A Princess of Mars, the first Barsoom Novel as though it were a factual account passed on to him personally. He imagines John Carter to be an avuncular figure known to his family for years who entrusted the manuscript of the novel to Burroughs for publication 21 years later. The Gods of Mars is the second Barsoom novel to use this device. John Carter 'visits' Burroughs 12 years after the events of A Princess of Mars, claiming to have mastered the secret of inter-planetary travel.Scroll Up and Get Your Copy!