Book 3 of the Barsoom Saga - Authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., and Featuring Rare and Previously Unpublished Archival Materials Long has John Carter waited for the revolving door of the devious Temple of the Sun to open, not knowing whether his beloved Dejah Thoris lives or has perished upon the other side. But before the door can open, the princess is spirited away by a conspiracy of her husband's deadliest enemies. The trail leads from the steaming swamps of Kaol and Ptarth to the frigid Carrion Caves lying beyond the ice barrier that fringes the far north. There, in the domed cities of the Yellow Men, John Carter must confront the cruel Jeddak of Okar and solve the mystery of why no outsider has ever returned from the tyrant's kingdom-or he and Dejah Thoris will meet the same deadly fate themselves. This special edition Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library compilation and all other new material therein (c) Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks John Carter(R), John Carter of Mars(R), Dejah Thoris(R), Tars Tarkas(R), Barsoom(R) A Princess of Mars(R), Gods of Mars(R), Warlord of Mars(R), Edgar Rice Burroughs(R), and Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library(TM) Owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. "[Edgar Rice] Burroughs is probably the most influential writer in the entire history of the world." Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles "[Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom saga] aroused generations of eight-year-olds, myself among them, to consider the exploration of the planets as a real possibility, to wonder if we ourselves might one day voyage to Mars." Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos "[I]t was not the purely fictional aspect of the [Barsoom] cycle which gave it its power, but its mythic nature, its playing upon primal urges and submerged forces within the human psyche which gave the books their appeal and which give them their continued validity." Richard A. Lupoff, author of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure The creator of the immortal characters Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the world's most popular authors. His timeless tales of heroes and heroines transport readers from the jungles of Africa and the dead sea bottoms of Barsoom to the miles-high forests of Amtor and the savage inner world of Pellucidar, and even to alien civilizations beyond the farthest star. Mr. Burroughs' books are estimated to have sold hundreds of millions of copies, and they have spawned 60 films and 250 television episodes. Terrence W. Wilcutt was born in Russellville, Kentucky, but lists Louisville, Kentucky, as his hometown. He graduated from Southern High School in 1967. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Math from Western Kentucky University in 1974 and was awarded an Honorary PhD in Science from Western Kentucky University in 2000. He is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, fighter pilot, instructor pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He made two operational overseas deployments to the Western Pacific; Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. He is graduate of both the Naval Fighter Weapons School (Topgun) and the Naval Test Pilot School. As a test pilot, he flew developmental test flights for several classified and unclassified programs and projects. As an astronaut he is a veteran of four successful Space Shuttle missions and was NASA's Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance until his retirement from NASA in December 2020. He has over 6,600 hours of flight time in more than thirty different aircraft and over 1,000 hours of flight in the Space Shuttle. Wilcutt was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990. During his astronaut career, he piloted (second in command) the Space Shuttle missions STS-68 in 1994 and STS-79 in 1996. After those flights, he served as Commander for Space Shuttle missions STS-89 in 1998 to the Mir space station, and STS-106 in 2000 to the International Space Station.Between space flights, Wilcutt served in a variety of technical and leadership positions within the astronaut office. This included the remote assignment as NASA Director of Operations in Star City, Russia. After the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, Wilcutt became the Safety Manager for the Space Shuttle Program, followed by promotion to the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston where he was tasked with the Safety Technical Authority of the programs and projects at JSC as well as JSC's Institutional Safety program. Beginning Sept 1, 2011, Wilcutt was again promoted in order to serve as NASA's Agency Chief of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) at NASA HQ in Washington DC. He was responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of all safety and mission assurance policies and procedures for all NASA programs and institutions until he retired from NASA on December 31, 2020. He retired as a Level 1 Senior Executive, the highest level civil servant short of political appointee