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Thuvia, maid of Mars.
Edgar Rice Burroughs returns to Barsoom for a swift tale of a Martian princess, a lovestruck prince, telepathic beasts and phantom armies across the dying red planet.
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About this book
Edgar Rice Burroughs takes readers back to his dying, warlike Mars for another headlong romance of swords, sky-ships and desperate love.
What it's about
Thuvia, Maid of Mars centres on Carthoris, prince of Helium, and the princess Thuvia of Ptarth, whose lives are entangled by abduction, misunderstanding and interplanetary intrigue. The story ranges across the red planet's ancient cities and haunted wastes, and into the strange lost realm of Lothar, where phantom bowmen conjured out of thought fight the battles of a vanished people. Fierce banths, warring nations and a race against dishonour drive the plot at Burroughs's characteristic gallop.
Themes
Honour, courage and devoted love are the fixed stars of Barsoom, and here they are joined by an intriguing conceit, the power of the mind to make illusions real. Loyalty and the codes of a martial civilisation shape every choice the heroes make.
Why it still matters
The Barsoom books are foundational works of planetary romance and pulp science fiction, and their influence runs through a century of adventure storytelling on page and screen. This entry offers their pleasures in concentrated, fast-moving form.
Who it's for
For fans of classic science fiction and sword-and-planet adventure, and for anyone who wants to visit the Mars that inspired so many that followed.
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