The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
If you're a sci-fi fan, then you've probably heard of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous Barsoom series of science fiction fantasy novels. Set in the “dying planet” Mars, the ten...
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If you're a sci-fi fan, then you've probably heard of Edgar Rice
Burroughs' famous Barsoom series of science fiction fantasy novels.
Set in the “dying planet” Mars, the ten books in the series portray
an Earthman, John Carter and his astral journey to the Red Planet,
his marriage with a native princess and his descendants. The
Chessmen of Mars is the fifth book in the Barsoom set, written in
1921 and published in serial form in Argosy magazine over the
period of a year. Here, John Carter's daughter Tara meets Prince
Gahan of the Gathol kingdom, but takes an instant dislike to the
young and fashionable man, feeling that he is just a shallow youth.
However, when her vehicle breaks down in a lonely part of Barsoom
and she is attacked by the ferocious Kaldanes, it takes all her
wits to survive the encounter. Prince Gahan, who is actually a
heroic superman in his own kingdom, but prefers to keep it a
secret, arrives in time to help her. Together with one of the
Kaldanes who proves to be different from his fellows, they escape
only to get into an even more hazardous situation. They fall into
the hands of another set of monsters whose native sport is a game
resembling chess, which is played in an arena using live creatures!
Edgar Rice Burroughs is best known for his Tarzan series, but few
know that he was a multi-talented writer who penned books spanning
several genres. Besides sci-fi, he wrote historical and romantic
fiction, westerns and jungle adventures. A master of the
pulp-fiction world which was so popular during the early 20th
century, his work was lapped up by magazines like Argosy, The
All-Story, etc. and had a great influence on many important
writers. An exciting read for lovers of adventure, sci-fi and
fantasy!
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