The Chessmen of Mars

When Tara of Helium meets Gahan of Gathol, interplanetary sparks fly. In the fifth of the Mars series by Burroughs, Tara is captured by the horrible, crab-like parasites the Kaldanes, from whom Gahan must rescue her.

Chapter# / Title

• Prelude, John Carter Comes to Earth
• 1: Tara In a Tantrum
• 2: At the Gale's Mercy
• 3: The Headless Humans
• 4: Captured
• 5: The Perfect Brain
• 6: In The Toils of Horror
• 7: A Repellent Sight
• 8: Close Work
• 9: Adrift Over Strange Regions
• 10: Entrapped
• 11: The Choice of Tara
• 12: Ghek Plays Pranks
• 13: A Desperate Deed
• 14: At Ghek's Command
• 15: The Old Man of the Pits
• 16: Another Change of Name
• 17: A Play to the Death
• 18: A Task for Loyalty
• 19: The Menace of the Dead
• 20: The Charge of Cowardice
• 21: A Risk for Love
• 22: At The Moment of Marriage
• 23: Jetan, or Martian Chess