The Chessmen of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Narrated by Walter Scott Williams

Overview

The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel from the Barsoom series. Tara - daughter of John Carter and Deja Thoris - meets Prince Gahan, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. Later she takes her flier into a storm and loses control of the craft, and the storm carries her to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom. After landing and fleeing from a pack of ferocious Martian lions, she is seized by the horrific Kaldanes. The Kaldanes have bred a symbiotic race of headless human-like beings called Rykors, which they can attach themselves to and ride like a horse. They imprison Tara, intending to fatten her up, then eat her... Will Gahan be able to rescue her? If so, will there be more trouble ahead?

Editorial Reviews

AUG/SEP 02 - AudioFile

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

Product Details

BN ID:	2940179020233
Publisher:	Musaicum Books
Publication date:	03/04/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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