The Chessmen of Mars
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781576464618 (157646461X)
Publish date: August 1st 2000
Publisher: Quiet Vision Publishing
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Series: Barsoom (#5)
Again, John Carter himself is mercifully in the background. Again, the book concentrates on a couple. Tara is daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris. I’m intrigued as to where her name comes from. Given that her brother is called Carthoris, shouldn’t she be called Dejohn? Gahan, the jed (chief) of...
Ok, so I said in my last review (Thuvia, Maid of Mars) That I thought either book 3 or 4 was about rescuing a slave, but I think I was wrong and it was actually this one.It starts out promising, (sort of) with Tara (John Carter's daughter) standing up for herself and saying that she does not want to...
This fifth volume of the Barsoom series is very entertaining. Again some very original populations of Barsoom are introduced, and in this volume the fighting and killing is not so dominant as in some previous volumes. The story has Tara, daughter of John Carter and Dejah Thoris as the main character...
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