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Martian Tales #3 - Warlord of Mars, The

By: Del Rey Books

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Del Rey Books)


Product Info

Title
Martian Tales #3 - Warlord of Mars, The
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publish Year
1979
Pages
158
Dimensions
4.25x7x.5"
NKG Part #
2147994343
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

Far to the north, in the frozen wastes of Polar Mars, lay the home of the Holy Therns, sacred and inviolate. Only John Carter dared to go there to find his lost Dejah Thoris. But between him and his goal lay the bones of all who had gone before.

Imagine, if you can, a bald-faced hornet of your Earthly experience grown to the size of a prize Hereford bull, and you will have some faint conception of the winged monster that bore down upon me.

Frightful jaws in front and a might, poisoned string behind made my relatively puny long-sword seem a pitiful defense indeed. Nor could I hope to escape the lightning-like movements or hide from these myriad faced eyes which covered three-fourths of the hideous head, permitting the creature to see in all directions at once.

To flee was useless, even if it had ever been to my liking to turn my back upon a danger; so I stood my ground, my only hope to die as I had always lived—fighting.