Swords of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Feb 2012 · eStar Books

About this ebook

John Carter is back and in the Barsoonian city of Zodanga, where he discovers the Assasins guild is alive and well!

Ratings and reviews

Such a wonderful series of events. I barely set this book down. Only to cook and rest my old eyes. My eyes are not as they used to be. I actually read this in one day. Not my normal reading. I love the entire series of John Carter.

I love the john carter stories, the only thing I wish to change is the length. I would love for there to be a john carter epic, 800 page novel.

I enjoy Edgar's stories very much. Being a veteran I can relate to his tales.

About the author

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago. His father, George Tyler was a distiller and a battery manufacturer. Early in life Burroughs attempted to support his family in a variety of occupations, including railroad policeman, business partner, and miner. None of these proved successful. However, Burroughs had always enjoyed reading adventure fiction and decided to try his hand at writing. His first attempt, written under the pseudonym Normal Bean, sold very quickly and Burroughs' career took off. Although critics and educators have not always been supportive of Burroughs' writing, the characters in his stories have entertained readers for many years. Tarzan was the most popular, earning Burroughs enough money to start his own publishing house and a motion picture company. Another character, John Carter, is the hero of Burroughs' Mars adventure series. The continuing popularity of these characters has led some critics to reconsider the value of Burroughs' writing and to acknowledge significant themes in his stories. Burroughs died on March 19, 1950.