First published in 1912, A Princess of Mars introduces John Carter — a Virginia Civil War veteran who finds himself inexplicably transported to the dying, desert world of Barsoom (Mars), where he falls in with the towering, four-armed green Martians and becomes champion of the red Martian princess Dejah Thoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs invented a dying world of ancient civilizations, aerial battleships, and ferocious beasts that inspired generations of science fiction writers, filmmakers, and artists.
The Barsoom series launched simultaneously with Burroughs’s creation of Tarzan, establishing him as one of the most influential popular fiction writers of the twentieth century. Download the free EPUB and travel to one of imagination’s most enduring worlds.