Ulysses Paxton, an American soldier dying in the trenches of France, wakes on Mars in the laboratory of Ras Thavas, an ancient surgeon who sells young bodies to rich old clients by swapping their brains. Learning the master’s craft, Paxton falls for Valla Dia, a girl whose body has been stolen, and sets out to restore it, with a great white ape carrying a human brain as his ally.
The sixth Barsoom novel, a pulp adventure with a dark surgical twist. Download the free EPUB.