Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a science fiction novel, the third of the famous Barsoom series. Far to the north, in the frozen wastes of Polar Mars, lay the home of the Holy Therns, sacred and inviolate. Only John Carter dared to go there to find his lost Dejah Thoris and discovers more fantastic creatures and ancient mysterious Martian races. But between him and his goal lay the bones of all who had gone before.
The book keeps up the level of energy and adventure established in the first two novels and makes for an exciting conclusion to this three-part story arc. In the books that would follow, the saga shifted its focus away from John Carter, Dejah Thoris, and Tars Tarkas to chronicle the exploits of other characters. While the Martian tales of the author were all fun, there is something about this initial "trilogy" that has a charm to them that's never quite repeated.
