![]() ![]() John quickly falls in love with Dejah, and the two become very close. Dejah makes the case her expedition was to benefit all Martians, and the green Martians must make friendships with other races. When the Martians attack a Heliumite expedition they believe to be martial, they capture a Heliumite human princess named Dejah Thoris. Because John proves himself in combat with the Martians, he is given respect and standing among the Martians tribe. He encounters a race of green Martians, as well as Tars Tarkas, the second-in-command of his particular Martian tribe. When James is killed by Indians, John seeks refuge in a cave – but a strange gas knocks him out and when he awakens, he is on the planet Mars.īecause of the gravity of Mars, John has immense strength he did not have on Earth. When the novel begins, John has traveled to Arizona after the Civil War with fellow Confederate veteran James Powell. A Princess of Mars is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, forms the first part of his Mars Trilogy, and follows the adventures of American Confederate captain John Carter on the planet Mars as he attempts to rescue the Martian Princess Dejah. ![]()
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