Edgar Rice Burroughs 3 hr 36 min read

John Carter braves the icy Carrion Caves and the realm of the Yellow Men in a desperate race across Barsoom to rescue his beloved Dejah Thoris and claim his destiny as Warlord of Mars.

Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1914 novel is the thrilling climax of the first Barsoom trilogy. Vivid, headlong, immortal. Read it for the rousing conclusion of John Carter's greatest quest, a globe-spanning chase across dying Mars, red men, black men, and yellow men, a daring rescue, and a hard-won crown, in classic sword-and-planet adventure at its finest.

In its time

Published in 1914, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

3 hr 36 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).