Tara attends a ball at her father's palace and meets Gahan of Gathol who is a prince or a Jed. She is unimpressed with him and snubs him at the ball, especially since she is to wed another.
Some very bad winds come up the next morning after the ball and despite how bad they are, Tara takes her flier out. She is blown way off course and ends up the captive of a bunch of mars men who can remove their heads from their bodies. They think she is some form of tasty morsel. She wins the heart of Ghek, one of these mars men by singing songs to him - which move him as he has never heard singing before. At the time that she is to be taken to their leader, Ghek helps her escape.
Ghek and Tara meet up with Gahan - though Tara doesn't realize that it is Gahan. Since she doesn't recognize him, Gahan tells her that he is Turan - a regular panthon (warrior). Gahan (Turan) feels not only bound by his love for Tara, but also his duty to Tara to safely bring her back to her own city of Helium.
Ghek, Tara and Turan head out to find home and end up in another perilous situation - captured by the inhabitants of the remote city Manator. Tara is placed as a chess piece in the chess-like game of Jetan and Turan is the warrior who must save his princess in this live-game of Jetan. He conquers his foes in the live game of Jetan and saves the princess Tara. It is then that the three of them race to get out of the city before they can be executed.
When I saw the movie John Carter and realized it was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, I was excited to find that there were more stories from Burroughs about John Carter and his family on Mars. This is a very fun book to read and I definitely recommend it to anyone that is a sci-fi lover. If you are interested in reading this book you can find the Kindle edition for free on Amazon.
Rating: 8 / 10
ISBN: 9781475157994
Publisher: Create Space Indepedant Publishing Platform
Edition: E-Edition