Edgar Rice Burroughs 
The Martian Tales Trilogy (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) 
A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, The Warlord of Mars

When it rains in a Burroughs novel, the reader gets wet.’ — Science-fiction writer Jack Mc Devitt



Combining otherworldly adventures with elements of classical myth, fast-paced plots with cliffhanging tension, and imaginative fantasy with vivid prose, Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Martian Tales Trilogy helped define a new literary genre emerging in the early twentieth century that would become known as science fiction.



Hero John Carter proves himself against deadly foes in
The Martian Trilogy. In the first installment, Carter wins the affections of the ‘princess of Mars’ and the respect of the Martian warlords whom he befriends. The excitement continues in
The Gods of Mars when Carter engages the Black Pirates in airborne combat above the dead seas of Mars and leads a revolt to free the Martian races from a religion that thrives on living sacrifices. In the third book,
Warlord of Mars, Carter overcomes the forces of evil that would destroy the planet. By the end of the trilogy the Martians all clamor for a triumphant John Carter to be their king.

About the author

Born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 1, 1875, Edgar Rice Burroughs grew to maturity during the height of the Industrial Revolution and witnessed the emergence of the United States as a twentieth-century world power. Hailing from a well-to-do family, Burroughs was given an aristocratic education steeped in Latin and Greek, but he was drawn more to an itinerant life of adventure than to a life in the boardroom. The author of
Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Burroughs did not confine himself to a single genre; he also wrote medieval romances (
The Outlaw of Torn, 1914), westerns (
The War Chief of the Apaches, 1927), and mainstream novels (
The Girl from Hollywood, 1922).