Edgar Rice Burroughs 
The Gods of Mars 

‘The Gods of Mars’ is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fantasy novel, the second of his famous Barsoom series. It was first published in ‘All-Story’ as a five-part serial in the issues for January–May 1913. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. Mc Clurg in September, 1918.As in many of his novels, Burroughs begins with a frame story that explains how he (Burroughs) came into possession of the text, implying it recounts true events.