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What if the world beneath your feet holds a sunlit land where monsters roam and human beings live as slaves?
David Innes funds an invention built to bore through rock. With its elderly inventor, Abner Perry, he rides the iron mole deep into the Earth. Their journey brings them to Pellucidar, an inner world where the sun hangs forever at noon, prehistoric beasts roam, and night never comes.
Here, the winged reptilian Mahars rule human tribes through fear and mental power. Their fierce Sagoth guards take Innes captive. Among the prisoners is Dian the Beautiful, a proud, brave woman of Amoz. In Edgar Rice Burroughs’s adventure, discovery becomes a struggle for freedom, and a young explorer must learn to lead.
What you’ll discover
- A world without night Enter Pellucidar, where an unmoving sun lights a strange land of prehistoric monsters.
- Curiosity meets danger Follow gentle inventor Abner Perry as he greets wonders and threats with scientific curiosity.
- Courage among the captives Meet Dian the Beautiful, whose pride and bravery stand against the power of her captors.
- Rulers who speak silently Discover the Mahars, winged reptilian masters who hold human tribes in slavery.
- The choice to resist Watch David Innes turn from explorer toward leadership as he confronts a world ruled by fear.
Who will love it
For readers who love adventure, lost worlds and prehistoric monsters, and anyone curious about the roots of science fiction. The fight for freedom in Pellucidar brings heroes face to face with reptile rulers and enslaved people.
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- A stranger tells his tale in the desert
- The mole drives down and cannot turn
- Pellucidar, a world with no time
- Captured by the Mahars and their guards
- Dian the Beautiful and a dangerous escape
- Freedom, rule and the pulp voice
Who’s who
- David InnesA wealthy young American who funds the iron mole, then finds himself in Pellucidar and slowly decides to fight the rulers who enslave its people.
- Abner PerryAn elderly, gentle inventor who builds the iron mole and meets every wonder and danger with scientific curiosity.
- Dian the BeautifulA proud, brave woman of the people of Amoz, held captive by the Mahars and drawn to Innes.
- Ghak the Hairy OneA strong and honest tribal leader in Pellucidar who becomes an important ally in the fight against the Mahars.
- Hooja the Sly OneA cunning man of Pellucidar whose schemes make him dangerous to friends and enemies alike.
- The MaharsWinged reptilian rulers who live in stone cities, communicate in silence and keep human tribes as slaves.
- The SagothsFierce, ape-like warriors who serve the Mahars and guard their human captives.
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At the Earth's Core
by Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1914
David Innes rides an iron mole into a hidden world where reptile rulers enslave humans, and freedom calls him to fight.
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A stranger tells his tale in the desert
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Innes is a wealthy young American. He has put his money into the schemes of an old inventor named Abner Perry. Perry is a gentle, absent-minded man. He has spent years on a strange machine, and Innes has paid for it. The two have built it together, away from curious eyes.
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What is At the Earth's Core about?
It follows David Innes and the inventor Abner Perry, who ride an iron drilling machine through the Earth's crust and arrive in Pellucidar, a hidden inner world of prehistoric beasts, reptile rulers and enslaved humans.
What is Pellucidar?
Pellucidar is the name its people give to the world inside the hollow Earth. Its sun hangs fixed at noon, there is no night, and the horizon curves upward, so time is hard to measure.
Who are the Mahars and the Sagoths?
The Mahars are cold, intelligent, winged reptilian rulers who keep humans as slaves. The Sagoths are fierce, ape-like warriors who serve the Mahars as guards and enforcers.
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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