The Vampires of Mars

Le Rouge, Gustave

ISBN 10: 1934543306 / ISBN 13: 9781934543306

Published by Black Coat Press, 2008

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind. Signed by Author(Unverified).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vampires of Mars
• Publisher: Black Coat Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934543306
• ISBN 13: 9781934543306
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 453.6 grams

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Synopsis

Sandwiched between Arnould Galopin's Doctor Omega (1906) and Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars (1912), Gustave Le Rouge's masterpiece, Le Prisonnier de la Plančte Mars (1908) and its sequel, La Guerre des Vampires (1909), are a Martian Odyssey in which young engineer Robert Darvel is dispatched to Mars ny the psychic powers of Hindu Brahmins. On the Red Planet, Darvel runs afoul of hostile, bat-winged, blood-sucking natives, a once-powerful civilization now ruled by the Great Brain. The entity eventually sends Darvel back to Earth, unfortunately with some of the vampires. The second volume deals with the war of the vampires back on Earth. Planetary romance blends here with "cosmic horror" as the characters switch from swashbuckling he-men to helpless bundles of gibbering terror.