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The Chessmen of Mars

The Chessmen of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Chessmen of Mars (1922) is Burroughs' fifth novel of his Barsoom series.

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Table of Contents

Prelude - John Carter Comes to Earth I - Tara in a Tantrum II - At the Gale's Mercy III - The Headless Humans IV - Captured V - The Perfect Brain VI - In the Toils of Horror VII - A Repellent Sight VIII - Close Work IX - Adrift Over Strange Regions X - Entrapped XI - The Choice of Tara XII - Ghek Plays Pranks XIII - A Desperate Deed XIV - At Ghek's Command XV - The Old Man of the Pits XVI - Another Change of Name XVII - A Play to the Death XVIII - A Task for Loyalty XIX - The Menace of the Dead XX - The Charge of Cowardice XXI - A Risk for Love XXII - At the Moment of Marriage Martian Chess

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