A Princess of Mars - Couverture souple

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0984174141 ISBN 13 : 9780984174140

Editeur : Starwarp Concepts, 2012

Synopsis

GENTLEMAN OF VIRGINIA. WARLORD OF MARS. Captain John Carter thought his days as a fighter were over. The South had lost the Civil War, and as a soldier now without a battle to fight or a cause to believe in, he journeyed west in search of a new life. Yet not even Carter could have expected that his new life would begin with his death in the Arizona desert, and his inexplicable arrival on the planet Mars. Or that he would find love in the eyes of the beauteous Dejah Thoris, princess of Helium. A prisoner of the giant, green-skinned warrior race called the Tharks, Dejah Thoris is meant to be used as a pawn in the ongoing war between the Tharks and her people, the red Martians-unless the gentleman from Virginia takes sword in hand to free her . . . and thus unite a divided world. Once more, John Carter has a cause to fight for-and this time, a love to win, as well. . . .

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Here is an adventurous story of Captain John Carter of Virginia, who can remember no childhood and always have been a man of about thirty years old. While hiding from Apaches in a cave, he appears to die; leaving his inanimate body behind, he is mysteriously transported by a form of astral projection to the planet Mars. On Mars, which its natives call Barsoom, Carter encounters both formidable alien creatures resembling the beasts of ancient myth and various humanoids. He finds his true calling in life as a warlord who strives to save the planet's inhabitants. He wins the hand of a Martian princess, Dejah Thoris of Helium, the love of his life but … The story is at the same time a science fiction, fantasy, adventure and a love story intertwined among each other formidably. The best part of the story is the capacity to take the reader onto the far planet Barsoom and make him visualize the various otherwise unbelievable stuff.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American writer best known for creating Tarzan and John Carter. He wrote science fiction, fantasy, adventure, westerns, and others. His work influenced so many people, it would be impossible to name them all, but the list includes James Cameron, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Crichton, Carl Sagan, George Lucas, Jack Vance, and others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Starwarp Concepts
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0984174141
• ISBN 13: 9780984174140
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Gouveia Eliseu
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible