Mysteriously transported to an alien planet, embroiled in relentless battles and faced with seemingly impossible odds ... all in the cause of justice—and love.
When John Carter of Virginia wakes up on Mars, he discovers that the planet's weak gravitational field renders him faster and stronger than the green warriors he encounters. Impressed by his fighting prowess, they quickly make him a chieftain. But Carter soon learns that other races inhabit the planet, all of whom are consumed by warfare and force him into conflict. When he falls in love with the red Martian princess Dejah Thoris, becoming her husband and a prince of Mars, happiness seems at hand—until a catastrophe threatens to annihilate the red Martians, and Carter finds himself back on Earth against his will.
Ten years later, Carter returns to Mars—only to discover that Dejah Thoris is a prisoner. With the help of loyal friends, he confronts his enemies in ever bloodier battles. Who is the young warrior who seems so disturbingly familiar? Can Carter save his beloved wife and bring justice to the planet? And will he prove himself, at last, the mighty warlord of Mars?
Assembled here in one gripping volume are the first three books in the bestselling John Carter of Mars series—A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars and The Warlord of Mars. Burroughs's epic tales of war and romance on the Red Planet redefined fantasy and science fiction in the twentieth century and still stand today as classics in the field.