The Warlord of Mars (ERB in Modern English, Vol. 3)

     In the shadows of the forest that flanks the crimson plain by the side of the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor, beneath the hurtling moons of Mars, speeding their meteoric way close above the bosom of the dying planet, I crept stealthily along the trail of a shadowy form that hugged the darker places with a persistency that proclaimed the sinister nature of its errand.

     For six long Martian months, I had haunted the vicinity of the hateful Temple of the Sun, within whose slow-revolving shaft, far beneath the surface of Mars, my princess lay entombed—but whether alive or dead, I knew not. Had Phaidor’s slim blade found that beloved heart? Only time would reveal the truth.

     Six hundred and eighty-seven Martian days must come and go before the cell’s door would again open opposite the tunnel’s end, where I last saw my ever-beautiful Dejah Thoris.

Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic hero Captain John Carter of Virginia had reunited with his loyal friends, met the son he didn't know he had, deposed the false priesthood of the Therns, and seen the false goddess Issus torn apart by her own people, only to see his beloved Princess Dejah Thoris locked away in an impenetrable prison that will not open for a Martian year. But no prison is truly impenetrable, and now John Carter must range the length and breadth of Mars to rescue his beloved princess from her kidnappers. With the language updated to modern English, and a timeline of ERB's shared universe. Third in the series ERB in Modern English.

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