{"product_id":"2940013153622","title":"Warlord of Mars, Barsoom series, volume 3","description":"• Table of contents with working links to chapters is included\u003cbr\u003e• The book has been corrected for spelling and grammatical errors\u003cbr\u003e• New and improved version\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the shadows of the forest that flanks the crimson plain by the side of the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor, beneath the hurtling moons of Mars, speeding their meteoric way close above the bosom of the dying planet, I crept stealthily along the trail of a shadowy form that hugged the darker places with a persistency that proclaimed the sinister nature of its errand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor six long Martian months I had haunted the vicinity of the hateful Temple of the Sun, within whose slow-revolving shaft, far beneath the surface of Mars, my princess lay entombed—but whether alive or dead I knew not. Had Phaidor's slim blade found that beloved heart? Time only would reveal the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix hundred and eighty-seven Martian days must come and go before the cell's door would again come opposite the tunnel's end where last I had seen my ever-beautiful Dejah Thoris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf of them had passed, or would on the morrow, yet vivid in my memory, obliterating every event that had come before or after, there remained the last scene before the gust of smoke blinded my eyes and the narrow slit that had given me sight of the interior of her cell closed between me and the Princess of Helium for a long Martian year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs if it were yesterday, I still saw the beautiful face of Phaidor, daughter of Matai Shang, distorted with jealous rage and hatred as she sprang forward with raised dagger upon the woman I loved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI saw the red girl, Thuvia of Ptarth, leap forward to prevent the hideous deed.","brand":"Unforgotten Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145599631600,"sku":"2940013153622","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013153622_p0.jpg?v=1763577109","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013153622","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}