A Princess of Mars

<p>A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most exciting saga known as The Martian Series.</p><p><br></p><p>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. </p><p><br></p><p>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. </p><p><br></p><p>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!</p>