Pirates Of Venus - Softcover

Book 1 of 5: The Venus Series

Rice Burroughs, Edgar

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Synopsis

Carson Napier is bound for Mars, but finds himself forced to crash-land on the planet Venus instead. Beneath the eternal clouds, Carson discovers a utopia, a world people by a wise and beautiful race, eternally young and perpetually splendid.

But despite their wisdom a horrible danger threatens the fair folk of Vepaja, and at the heart of it is the lovely princess Duare, whose beauty is as unattainable as the evening star. And Carson, having seen her, knows he has met his destiny...

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About the Author

Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot, Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror, being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.

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