The gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875 – 1950
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"The Gods of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fantasy novel first published as a serial in 1913. John Carter returns to Mars after ten years, only to materialize in the Valley Dor—the Martian afterlife from which no one may leave. There he discovers a dark truth: the supposed gods of Mars are frauds who enslave and devour pilgrims seeking paradise. Carter must fight through layers of deception, rescue his beloved Dejah Thoris, and lead a massive fleet against false deities to expose the lies that have deceived an entire world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- Carter, John (Fictitious character) — Fiction
- Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character) — Fiction
- Life on other planets — Fiction
- Mars (Planet) — Fiction
- Science fiction