A Princess of Mars

A Princess of Mars (1912) is the first novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series, introducing readers to John Carter, a Confederate veteran mysteriously transported from Earth to Mars, known to its inhabitants as Barsoom. Upon arrival, Carter discovers that the lower gravity grants him extraordinary strength and agility. He is captured by the green Martians, the Tharks—a brutal, warlike race—...