The Chessmen of Mars Author:Edgar Rice Burroughs #5 in Burroughs's Martian Barsoom series. Tara, Princess of Helium, John Carter's impetuous and headstrong daughter, flies into one of Barsoom's rare but fierce storm defying the elements. But the Martian storm is only the beginning: hurled half a planet off course, she's threatened by grotesque flesh eating monsters and barbarous warriors. I... more »s the mysterious Panthan warrior friend or foe? As hero battles for maiden in a deadly game of living chess, the pieces are fighting men and the stakes are life and death!« less
Throughout the novel, Gahan is forced to prove himself in the approved heroic manner of all Burroughsian protagonists in his effort to win Tara's heart. As always, the heroine must be rescued from numerous perils and sticky situations.