# The gods of Mars

By Edgar Rice Burroughs.

"The Gods of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fantasy novel first published as a serial in 1913. John Carter returns to Mars after ten years, only to materialize in the Valley Dor—the Martian afterlife from which no one may leave. There he discovers a dark truth: the supposed gods of Mars are frauds who enslave and devour pilgrims seeking paradise. Carter must fight through layers of deception, rescue his beloved Dejah Thoris, and lead a massive fleet against false deities to expose the lies that have deceived an entire world. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Science fiction; Mars (Planet) -- Fiction; Life on other planets -- Fiction; Carter, John (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Dejah Thoris (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Gods of Mars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/382) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (7 h 42 min, English)
- [Gods of Mars - (version 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7872) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (8 h 41 min, English)
- [Gods of Mars (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7387) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (8 h 42 min, English)

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