Continuing our review of SWC’s backlist, today we look at the illustrated classic A Princess of Mars, the epic science-fantasy novel—written by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs—that served as the basis for Disney’s 2012 film adaptation, John Carter, and inspired numerous SF works, from Flash Gordon to Star Wars. The StarWarp Concepts edition features exclusive illustrations by Eliseu Gouveia (Carmilla, The Saga of Pandora Zwieback comics, Lorelei: Sects and the City) and an introduction by author John Gosling (Waging the War of the Worlds). Here’s the synopsis:
Captain John Carter thought his days as a fighter were over. The South had lost the Civil War, and as a soldier now without a battle to fight or a cause to believe in, he journeyed west in search of a new life.
But not even Carter could have expected that his new life would begin with his death in the Arizona desert, and his inexplicable arrival on the barren plains of the planet Mars. Or that he would find find love in the eyes of the beauteous Dejah Thoris, princess of Helium.
A prisoner of the giant, green-skinned warrior race called the Tharks, Dejah Thoris is meant to be used as a pawn in the ongoing war between the Tharks and her people, the red Martians—unless the gentleman from Virginia takes sword in hand to free her . . . and thus unite a divided world.
Once more, John Carter has a cause to fight for—and this time, a love to win, as well….
“A Princess of Mars is two-fisted action. It is simple adventure at its earliest and best.”—Biblioholic
“Burroughs is a wonderful storyteller, and it’s impossible not to get caught up in the savage beauty of Mars.”—The Silver Key
“A wonderfully realized tale of alien worlds and societies, and swashbuckling derring-do.”—Iceberg Ink
A Princess of Mars is on sale in print ($11.95 US) at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The e-book ($2.99) is available from DriveThru Fiction. Both print and e-book formats can be purchased from the StarWarp Concepts webstore.
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