The Chessmen of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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
PRELUDE – JOHN CARTER COMES TO EARTH
Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had
gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this
indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time
to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon
the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from
the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the
mentally defective–a theory that is lightly ignored upon those rare
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