Results for "Mars" in Action & Adventure

Damien Montgomery serves the Mage-King of Mars as a Hand: a troubleshooter, judge, and roving representative. Now, his duties have brought him home and into conflict with his fellows. A Hand is dead in nuclear fire amongst the mountains of Mars. The conspiracy she served is broken and scattered, but Damien must know who they are and what drove them. What secrets could convince a Hand of the Mage-King to betray everything?

Damien Montgomery has risen from nothing to become a Hand of the Mage-King of Mars, empowered to speak with his King's voice and dispense his King's justice across the star systems of the Protectorate. But the rare magical gifts and iron integrity that have lifted him this far are a frail shield against the ties that bind. Duty to his King brings Damien into the heart of an incipient civil war, charged to bring peace between two star systems—one of them his home!

Three years ago, Damien Montgomery was on the run from everyone. That is long past now, as the Mage-King of Mars has plucked him from obscurity to take advantage of his rare and powerful magical gifts. The Mage-King has plans for his newest pupil, but Damien is young and inexperienced. To season the young Mage, he is assigned to one of the warrior-judges that rove the Protectorate's stars, the Hands of the King, as an aide and apprentice.

During her pursuit of the human traitors known as Nemesis, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers ventured deep into alien stars. She destroyed her enemy at the final moment but saw firsthand the might of the alien empire Nemesis called the Reejit. The lost world Chimera has hidden between human and alien space for generations. Roslyn must protect the planet from this waking threat, but both the human and alien colonists see her as a harbinger of nightmares.

The classic sci-fi adventure continues, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter is back on Mars. After years stranded on Earth with no way to return, he finds himself once again on the red planet - only to discover that the world he left behind has changed in ways he never expected. What...

Seit sie von ihrem Vater an Prinz Taran verkauft wurde, hat sie jeglichen Glauben an eine friedliche Zukunft verloren. Mit allen Mitteln versucht sie, aus dieser Lage zu entkommen, allerdings ohne Erfolg. Doch als der Prinz Mara eines Abends fast umbringt, eskaliert die Situation und ihr gelingt die Flucht.

The classic sci-fi adventure, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter is a Civil War veteran with nothing left to lose. He heads out West looking for gold and ends up somewhere considerably further from Virginia than he bargained for - transported to the surface of Mars, where the...

The classic sci-fi adventure reaches its epic conclusion, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter has survived the valley of false gods and the treachery of Barsoom's most powerful institutions. But the fight isn't over. The woman he loves is still a prisoner, scattered enemies are...

Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic.

For six long Martian months, John Carter has haunted the terrifying Temple of the Sun. Inside the walls of this mysterious revolving tower is his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris, the beautiful princess of Barsoom. Worse yet, his wife is trapped there with the lovely but wicked Phaidor, who has sworn to make John Carter her own - even if it means murder. How can Carter gain access to the Temple, whose doors swing open only once a year? And when he does find his way inside, will he find Dejah Thoris's welcoming embrace - or her corpse?

John Carter is back! In this second book in Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom saga, John Carter returns to Mars after he was flung back to Earth at the end of the previous title. Ten long years have passed, and when he returns, John Carter finds himself once more flung into danger and high adventure!...

John Carter returns in this, his most thrilling adventure yet! Continuing where The Gods of Mars left off, we see John Carter, desperately seeking to rescue his lost wife; Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. To this end, he pursues his two adversaries: Matai Shang, father of Therns, and Thurid the...

Adéntrate en la segunda parte de La casa en el mar más azul. Una casa mágica. Un pasado oscuro. Una citación que podría cambiarlo todo. Arthur Parnassus es feliz con la vida que construyó sobre las cenizas de su pasado. Es el director de un orfanato en una peculiar y remota isla. Está...

World War I infantry captain Ulysses Paxton is transported to Barsoom, where he encounters evil scientist Ras Thavas and his diabolical brain transplant experiments. Paxton falls in love with the beautiful Valla Dia, whose body has been swapped with the cruel Xaxa, Jeddara of Phundahl. Can Paxton save Valla Dia from a hideous fate and win her hand?

"The Master Mind of Mars" is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the sixth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs' working titles for the novel were "A Weird Adventure on Mars" and "Vad Varo of Barsoom". It was first published in the magazine "Amazing Stories Annual" vol. 1, on July 15, 1927. The first book edition was published by A. C. McClurg in March 1928.

Mars has become divided by love. Not one, but two princes and a Jeddak are vying for the love of Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is mysteriously kidnapped, treachery threatens to throw Barsoom into bloody war. Now Cathoris must follow in the footsteps of his father, John Carter, and overcome phantom armies, dangerous spies and savage beasts as he attempts to save his true love and reunite Mars.

Not too long ago, Lukas Aguilar believed only what he could see and feel for himself. Then an earthquake destroyed his home and cast him into a dangerous dungeon world. He fought to survive, gaining experience and levels but losing the goddess Inanna who inhabited his mind. And he wants her back.