A Repellant Sight

The Chessmen of Mars (version 3)

by Edgar Rice BURROUGHS (1875 - 1950)

In the fifth book in the Barsoom series, Tara of Helium, daughter of John Carter, becomes lost in an unknown area of Mars when her single-seat flier is caught in a rare Martian hurricane. She is first captured by the bizarre and hideous Kaldanes, then the brutal Manatorians, where she is the prize in a tournament of Martian chess, jetan, that is played by live game pieces, and to the death! (Summary by Mark Nelson)

Listen next episodes of The Chessmen of Mars (version 3):
A Desperate Deed , A Play to the Death , A Risk for Love , A Task for Loyalty , Adrift Over Strange Regions , Another Change of Name , At Ghek's Command , At the Moment of Marriage , Close Work , Entrapped , Ghek Plays Pranks , The Charge of Cowardice , The Choice of Tara , The Menace of the Dead , The Old Man of the Pits