A17 Press series

John Carter of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs’s John Carter novels follow a Virginia adventurer transported to Mars, a world its inhabitants call Barsoom. There, Carter encounters warring city-states, strange landscapes, ancient civilizations, and formidable allies and enemies. His courage and strength make him a powerful figure in Martian conflicts, but survival depends just as much on loyalty, judgment, and the friendships he forms. The series blends planetary adventure, romance, and imaginative science fiction, moving from the red deserts of Mars to its great cities and distant frontiers. Across the novels, Burroughs builds a vivid world of rival peoples and shifting empires—and follows Carter’s struggle to protect the people and places he loves.