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What if the Moon hides a living world—and the greatest threat to Earth's freedom?
Julian 5th leaves Earth aboard the Barsoom, bound for another planet. The ship never reaches its destination. Instead, the crew discovers a vast world inside the Moon. Here, among unfamiliar peoples, Julian meets Nah-ee-lah, the Moon Maid, whose fate becomes bound to his own.
In The Moon Maid, Edgar Rice Burroughs follows a line of men named Julian across centuries. A voyage into the unknown opens into a struggle over power and freedom. The harsh, warlike Kalkars seek to rule others, while the story asks how a peaceful, advanced people can become vulnerable to conquest.
What you’ll discover
- A world beneath the crust Explore a hollow Moon where the silent surface conceals a vast, inhabited inner world.
- A bond across worlds Meet Nah-ee-lah, whose connection with Julian brings a love story into the strange lunar landscape.
- One family through centuries Follow successive Julians as their family's story stretches from space travel into a harsh future.
- The struggle against power Encounter the Kalkars and a political vision in which the few demand obedience from the many.
- Freedom under threat Consider what happens when a free people lose the strength to defend their way of life.
Who will love it
Perfect for readers who love pulp adventure, lost worlds, sword fights and daring escapes, and for anyone who enjoys a romance where a hero fights for the woman he loves across worlds and ages.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A stranger claims time is only a habit of mind
- A rival's sabotage sends the ship toward the Moon
- Inside the Moon lies a living world
- A winged princess changes everything for Julian
- Laythe and the Kalkars are two halves of a ruin
- Earth is conquered and Julian 9th grows up afraid
- Julian defies his masters in the market and at church
- The Red Hawk leads a desert people to the sea
- Enemies meet as people and the old feud softens
Who’s who
- Julian 5thAn air captain born into a family of soldiers who commands an Earth expedition bound for Mars and falls into the Moon.
- OrthisA gifted, bitter officer who envies Julian and sabotages the voyage.
- Nah-ee-lahThe brave, laughing princess of Laythe, a city inside the Moon, who wins Julian's heart.
- Ga-va-goThe scarred chief of the No-van Va-gas, who keeps his savage tribe in line by fear.
- Juana St. JohnA runaway girl of a faithful Quaker family who becomes Julian 9th's wife and fellow rebel.
- Julian 20thThe Red Hawk, young chief of a hundred desert clans, who sets out to reach the western sea.
- BetheldaA spirited American girl hunted by the Kalkars who challenges Julian's inherited hatred.
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Das Mondmädchen
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1926
A stranger on a night liner claims he has lived before, and his tale leads inside the Moon.
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What if you could remember your own past lives, and one of them took place inside the Moon? The Moon Maid is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, built from three linked stories about men named Julian across four centuries.
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A stranger claims time is only a habit of mind
The book opens on the liner Harding, flying between Chicago and Paris on June 10, 1967, the night Earth hears its first clear message from Mars. The narrator shares a table with a tall officer in an air corps uniform whose eyes carry a shadow of sadness. He says the cheering crowds are lucky because they cannot see what he has seen.
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What is The Moon Maid about?
It is three linked adventures about men named Julian. One falls into a hollow Moon and loves a princess, one fights Kalkar rule over Earth, and one leads a desert people seeking the western sea.
Who are the Kalkars?
The Kalkars are a race from the Moon, descended from The Thinkers who overthrew the old rulers of Va-nah. In the later parts they conquer Earth under the house of Or-tis.
Who is the Moon Maid?
She is Nah-ee-lah, a princess of Laythe, a city inside the hollow Moon. Julian meets her as a captive of the Va-gas, and she becomes his companion and love.
The author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1875–1950 · American adventure novelist
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born in Chicago in 1875. He wrote novels about Tarzan and novels set on Mars. His first Mars story appeared in 1912 and became the book A Princess of Mars in 1917. He later lived in California and died in Encino in 1950.
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