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On a dying Mars, a soldier carries his sword into hostile country for a woman beyond his reach.
Tan Hadron of Hastor is a panthan: a soldier who serves for pay and takes his sword wherever it is wanted. But his love for Sanoma Tora gives him a purpose no payment can settle. When a crisis separates them, he sets out across Barsoom, driven by her fate and his own sense of honor.
In A Fighting Man of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs opens a world of dry sea bottoms, ancient cities, flying ships, and endless wars. Mars has lost most of its water and air. Across this harsh landscape, danger, pursuit, and escape test a young warrior whose loyalty matters as much as his skill with a sword.
What you’ll discover
- A world running dry Explore Barsoom, where walled cities and ruling houses endure on a planet losing water and air.
- A soldier with honor Follow Tan Hadron as love draws his sword beyond the service of pay.
- Love beyond his reach Sanoma Tora's fate gives a dangerous journey its urgent, deeply personal purpose.
- Peril across hostile country Move through a chain of dangers, pursuits, and escapes with a skilled fighter.
- Loyalty under pressure See what honor demands when betrayal offers an easier path through danger.
Who will love it
Readers who love fast planetary adventures, sword fights, flying ships and strange creatures will enjoy this novel. It also suits fans of dangerous inventions and love stories where friendship shows its true nature.
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- A poor padwar loves a proud heiress
- A silent ship takes her and Hadron flies west
- A tower, an ape, and a girl in the dark
- Tavia teaches Hadron what a comrade is
- Tjanath answers kindness with fear and chains
- The Death is a river under the world
- Ghasta smiles first and shows its cruelty later
- Phor Tak's invisible ship and the cloak
- Friendship outweighs rank, and vanity has a price
- Weapons that outrun their makers, and how it is told
Who’s who
- Tan Hadron of HastorA poor padwar of Helium, loyal and inventive, who sets out to rescue the woman he loves and learns what he truly values.
- Sanoma ToraThe proud daughter of Tor Hatan, who values wealth and rank and hopes to become a jeddara.
- TaviaA runaway slave girl dressed as a boy, brave and honest, who becomes Hadron's comrade in arms.
- Nur AnA noble of Jahar condemned by Tul Axtar, who shares Hadron's cell, his escapes and his hatred of the tyrant.
- PhaoA woman held as a slave in Tjanath, who knows the secret passages and has long loved Nur An.
- Phor TakThe aged inventor of the disintegrating ray, driven half mad by his wish for revenge on Tul Axtar.
- Tul AxtarThe cowardly Jeddak of Jahar, who dreams of conquering all Barsoom with endless manpower and a terrible new weapon.
- John CarterThe Warlord of Mars, who sends Hadron on his search and commands the fleet of Helium.
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El guerrero de Marte
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1931
An officer pursues a kidnapped noblewoman across a dying world with help from a runaway slave girl.
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Would you cross a dying world for a woman who thinks you are not good enough, and then find that the person who truly matters is walking beside you in a stolen harness? That is the question under A Fighting Man of Mars, an adventure on the planet Barsoom by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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A poor padwar loves a proud heiress
Tan Hadron's family has honor but little money. He joins the troops of Tardos Mors in the capital and becomes a padwar, a junior officer, who does well enough but never stands out.
At a feast he meets Sanoma Tora, daughter of the rich Tor Hatan. She glances at his insignia, sees only a padwar, and turns away. The slight does not cool him. It fixes his purpose. Then Tor Hatan, who hungers for royal company, learns that Hadron's mother is a princess and suddenly invites him home. Hadron accepts the reason with a shrug.
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice. A Fighting Man of Mars. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-fighting-man-of-mars.
Burroughs, E. R. (2026). A fighting man of Mars. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-fighting-man-of-mars (Original work published 1931)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. A Fighting Man of Mars. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-fighting-man-of-mars.
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What is A Fighting Man of Mars about?
It follows Tan Hadron of Hastor, a junior officer of Helium, as he searches Barsoom for Sanoma Tora after she is stolen by a mysterious ship. His quest leads him through strange cities and into the plans of a tyrant.
Who is Tavia in A Fighting Man of Mars?
Tavia is a spirited slave girl who escaped the palace of Tul Axtar in Jahar. Hadron meets her in a ruined city, and she becomes his closest companion, fighting beside him as a comrade in arms.
What are the Jhama and the Flying Death?
Jhama is both the white castle where the inventor Phor Tak lives and the name of the invisible ship built there. The Flying Death is his guided torpedo that chases blue paint and explodes.
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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