Written during the heyday of the pulp fiction era by Edgar Rice Burroughs—the renowned author of the immensely popular Tarzan novels—these thrilling adventure tales are filled with swashbuckling derring-do and romance. Complete with a glossary of characters and places, a map, and a new introduction by science-fiction novelist and scholar Brian Stableford, John Carter of Mars, Vol. 2—featuring the fourth and fifth novels in the series: Thuvia, Maid of Mars and The Chessmen of Mars—is a page-turning, groundbreaking work of science fiction you won't soon forget.