This is the first John Carter of Mars novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author of the Tarzan books. It was his first novel, published in 1917 and it’s a work of rip-roaring science fiction that has inspired many of the great writers in the genre.
Chapter 16: After a serious and long-overdue talk with Dejah Thoris, John Carter plots a dangerous escape to the city of Helium.
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Read by Alessandro Cima
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