Chessmen of Mars (version 3)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

Authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs In Year : 1922

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Chessmen of Mars (version 3)

Prelude - John Carter Comes to Earth
Tara in a Tantrum
At the Gale's Mercy
The Headless Humans
Captured
The Perfect Brain
In the Toils of Horror
A Repellant Sight
Close Work
Adrift Over Strange Regions
Entrapped
The Choice of Tara
Ghek Plays Pranks
A Desperate Deed
At Ghek's Command
The Old Man of the Pits
Another Change of Name
A Play to the Death
A Task for Loyalty
The Menace of the Dead
The Charge of Cowardice
A Risk for Love
At the Moment of Marriage

In the fifth book in the Barsoom series, Tara of Helium, daughter of John Carter, becomes lost in an unknown area of Mars when her single-seat flier is caught in a rare Martian hurricane. She is first captured by the bizarre and hideous Kaldanes, then the brutal Manatorians, where she is the prize in a tournament of Martian chess, jetan, that is played by live game pieces, and to the death! (Summary by Mark Nelson)