{"product_id":"a-princess-of-mars-9781598531657","title":"A Princess of Mars","description":"\u003cb\u003eRediscover the adventure-pulp classic that gave the world its first great interplanetary romance—now featuring an introduction by Junot Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the spring of 1866, John Carter, a former Confederate captain prospecting for gold in the Arizona hills, slips into a cave and is overcome by mysterious vapors. He awakes to find himself naked, alone, and forty-eight million miles from Earth—a castaway on the dying planet Mars. Taken prisoner by the Tharks, a fierce nomadic tribe of six-limbed, olive-green giants, he wins respect as a cunning and able warrior, who by grace of Mars’s weak gravity possesses the agility of a superman. He also wins the heart of fellow-prisoner Dejah Thoris, the alluring, red-skinned Princess of Helium, whose people he swears to defend against their grasping and ancient enemy, the city-state of Zodanga.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJohn Carter first appeared in 1912 in the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe All-Story \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and immediately entered the dream-life of American readers young and old. He was Edgar Rice Burroughs’s favorite among his many creations and remains a favorite of lovers of science fiction and fantasy everywhere.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62341259362691,"sku":"9781598531657","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781598531657.jpg?v=1786143795","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/a-princess-of-mars-9781598531657","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}