Carthoris leaps to her rescue in the style of his father. Thuvia's kidnappers, the Dusar, have taken her there as well, and Carthoris is just in time to spot Thuvia and her kidnappers under assault by a green man of the hordes of Torquas. His craft is sabotaged and he finds himself deep in the undiscovered south of Barsoom, in the ruins of ancient Aanthor. Thus he sets out to find the love of his life. This situation leaves Carthoris in a predicament.Īs Thuvia suffers the common Burroughsian heroine's fate of being kidnapped and in need of rescue, Carthoris' goal is abetted by circumstances. Thus it is that Thuvia will have none of him. On Barsoom nothing can break an engagement between a man and woman except death, although the new suitor may not cause that death. Unfortunately Thuvia is promised to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol. This love was foreshadowed at the end of the previous novel. Plot summary Ĭarthoris is madly in love with Thuvia.
It does however have some inventive and original ideas, including an autopilot and collision detection device for Martian fliers, and the creation of the Lotharians, a race of ancient Martians who have become adept at telepathic projection, able to create imaginary warriors that can kill, and sustain themselves through thought alone. This time John Carter's son Carthoris is implicated. Its plot devices are similar to the previous Martian novels, involving the kidnapping of a Martian princess. Helium and Ptarth are both prominent Barsoomian city state/empires, and both Carthoris and Thuvia were secondary characters in the previous two novels. In this novel the focus shifts from John Carter, Warlord of Mars, and Dejah Thoris of Helium, protagonists of the first three books in the series, to their son, Carthoris, prince of Helium, and Thuvia, princess of Ptarth.
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