The warlord of Mars

About the book

Continuing the danger left unresolved in The Gods of Mars, John Carter pursues the people who stand between him and Dejah Thoris. The search carries him through unfamiliar territories towards the planet's polar regions, where new customs and concealed powers complicate his task. Burroughs makes the personal urgency of the pursuit a means of extending the imagined world. Disguise, imprisonment, unexpected allies, and sudden combat repeatedly change what Carter knows about his position. The narrative assumes the attachments established in the preceding adventures and gives them a wider political setting. Its momentum depends on the difficulty of reaching a goal when each local victory reveals another obstacle, asking the hero to turn courage into endurance without losing sight of the person he hopes to recover.

• Devotion
• Endurance
• Power and alliance

Why read it

For the continuation of Carter's early adventures, driven by an urgent pursuit through the less familiar reaches of Mars.

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