The Chessmen of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Overview

Held captive by grotesque bodiless heads, Princess Tara of Helium was rescued by a warrior who dared not reveal his name. But escape led the daughter of the Warlord of Mars into even more loathesome peril — as the prize in a bloody game of living chess.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595470003
Publisher:	NuVision Publications
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Series:	John Carter of Mars Series , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	295
File size:	422 KB

About the Author

After serving in the Seventh Cavalry and a reserve militia during World War I, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) wrote for pulp fiction magazines. His best-known book, Tarzan of the Apes, was the start of his longest and most successful series.

John Bolen brings his extensive theater, film, and television experience to audiobooks. His recent television appearances include CIA: Masters of Deception on the Discovery Channel, and his recent film work includes The Land and The Inn Outside the World.

Editorial Reviews

In this fifth installment of Burroughs's Mars series, Tara, Princess of Helium, battles strange creatures in her effort to return to Kansas, or rather, Helium, after a vicious storm blows her into a strange new country. John Bolen gives each character in the intricate extraterrestrial thriller an accent from some country on Earth. But so strongly does he perform these that dialogue is often lost to human ears. His shrill, simpering female characters, admittedly few, all sound the same. These problems, combined with mispronounced words and oddly accented phrases, detract from the great story. R.P.L. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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