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The gods of Mars

By Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Cover: The Great Day of His Wrath (c. 1851), oil on canvas by John Martin (1789-1854) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1854)

The Gods of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs and the second of Burroughs' Barsoom series. It features the characters of John Carter and Carter's wife Dejah Thoris. It was first published in The 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. McClurg in September, 1918 and in many editions subsequently.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: The Plant Men
  2. 2: The Plant Men
  3. 3: A Forest Battle
  4. 4: The Chamber of Mystery
  5. 5: Thuvia
  6. 6: Corridors of Peril
  7. 7: The Black Pirates of Barsoom
  8. 8: A Fair Goddess
  9. 9: The Depths of Omean
  10. 10: Issus, Goddess of Life Eternal
  11. 11: The Prison Isle of Shador
  12. 12: When Hell Broke Loose
  13. 13: Doomed to Die
  14. 14: A Break for Liberty
  15. 15: The Eyes in the Dark
  16. 16: Flight and Pursuit
  17. 17: Under Arrest
  18. 18: The Death Sentence
  19. 19: Sola’s Story
  20. 20: Black Despair
  21. 21: The Air Battle
  22. 22: Through Flood and Flame
  23. 23: Victory and Defeat