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A Fighting Man of Mars

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First published: 1930
Pages: 218

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FOREWORD
13:12
I - SANOMA TORA
30:29
II - BROUGHT DOWN
26:57
III - CORNERED
29:28
IV - TAVIA
27:05
V - TO THE PITS
31:16
VI - SENTENCED TO DIE
33:27
VII - THE DEATH
38:49
VIII - THE SPIDER OF GHASTA
28:44
IX - PHOR TAK OF JHAMA
30:33
X - THE FLYING DEATH
24:43
XI - "LET THE FIRE BE HOT!"
28:02
XII - THE CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY
34:04
XIII - TUL AXTAR'S WOMEN
26:20
XIV - THE CANNIBALS OF U-GOR
30:47
XV - THE BATTLE OF JAHAR
39:05
XVI - DESPAIR
35:14
XVII - I FIND A PRINCESS
15:51

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A Fighting Man of Mars was published in 1931 and is one of the shorter and more economical Barsoom novels. The protagonist is Tan Hadron of Hastor, a young red Martian padwar from a minor military family, who is in love with the noblewoman Sanoma Tora and follows her after she is kidnapped to the unknown southern city of Jahar. Jahar turns out to be ruled by the jeddak Tul Axtar, who is building a fleet of warships invisible to standard Barsoomian detection.

The political stakes are higher than in some of the side novels because Tul Axtar plans a campaign of conquest against the Helium-led alliance. Tan Hadron eventually meets and falls in love with Tavia, a slave girl who is far more interesting than the original princess he was chasing. The novel is briskly paced and works as a clean stand-alone introduction to Barsoom for readers who do not want to commit to the John Carter trilogy first. The invisibility technology is one of Burroughs's better science-fictional concepts. A solid mid-period entry.

Available edition: text of Project Gutenberg eBook #70691. The cover is an original BDeBooks design. The PDF has 218 pages; the EPUB is reflowable. Project Gutenberg credits and license are kept.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.