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Gauntlets of Mars: A Novel of Barsoom
In the novel Dark Tides of Mars, author Chris L Adams transported readers back in time to Barsoom's glory days, before the oceans evaporated and its proud peoples were forced to construct an atmosphere factory to keep themselves alive on a dying world. Now, learn why Barsoom was fated to face such an ecological apocalypse in this thrilling sequel, Gauntlets of A Novel of Barsoom, the newest volume in the Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs series!
Stranded one million years ago in the glory days of Barsoom, when great oceans spanned the planet's now-barren deserts, warrior-scientist Dat Voga has faced some serious obstacles since he and his companion arrived in the middle of a hurricane. But the most serious challenge is yet to be overcome. The longer Dat Voga remains in the past, the more likely he will cause irreparable damage to the future...a future in which he and his friends may cease to exist. But with the secret to returning to his own era locked in the head of a deranged madman who dwells in another age, his fate may be sealed before his life even begins.
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Stranded one million years ago in the glory days of Barsoom, when great oceans spanned the planet's now-barren deserts, warrior-scientist Dat Voga has faced some serious obstacles since he and his companion arrived in the middle of a hurricane. But the most serious challenge is yet to be overcome. The longer Dat Voga remains in the past, the more likely he will cause irreparable damage to the future...a future in which he and his friends may cease to exist. But with the secret to returning to his own era locked in the head of a deranged madman who dwells in another age, his fate may be sealed before his life even begins.
Copyright 2025 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. John Carter, John Carter of Mars, Barsoom, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs are trademarks or registered trademarks of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Associated logos, characters, names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks or registered trademarks of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
332 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2025
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October 30, 2025
The second Barsoom novel by Chris L. Adams accomplishes the impossible. It not only improves on his first stellar story, it beautifully expands the world created by Edgar Rice Burroughs by giving highly credible and poignant explanations for the state of Barsoom that John Carter discovered in A Princess of Mars.
As you would expect of any book set in a world created by ERB, this novel is packed with realistic action and exciting daring do. Adam's hero, Dat Voga, was transported into the distant past of Barsoom during the previous novel where he encounters oceans and a world before the red men had come into existence. As John Carter did in a Princess of Mars, Dat Voga immerses himself in his new world learning all he can. But where John Carter was merely curious, Dat Voga is a scientist who truly yearns for fundamental understanding. That leads to some truly amazing discoveries as he and his companion from the future seek to survive the distant past.
Adams has also thought through some of the paradox problems that often occur in a time travel story. I thought he was just ignoring them early in the novel, but by the end I was highly impressed by the seriousness with which he embraced them. This adds a sturdy plank to the platform on which we suspend disbelief for any fantasy or science fiction story.
In the end, Adams gives the reader everything that ERB would have. There is plenty of action, meaningfully developed romances, and tremendous world building. Readers will come to this book because they are fans of ERB, but they will finish fans of Chris L. Adams.
As you would expect of any book set in a world created by ERB, this novel is packed with realistic action and exciting daring do. Adam's hero, Dat Voga, was transported into the distant past of Barsoom during the previous novel where he encounters oceans and a world before the red men had come into existence. As John Carter did in a Princess of Mars, Dat Voga immerses himself in his new world learning all he can. But where John Carter was merely curious, Dat Voga is a scientist who truly yearns for fundamental understanding. That leads to some truly amazing discoveries as he and his companion from the future seek to survive the distant past.
Adams has also thought through some of the paradox problems that often occur in a time travel story. I thought he was just ignoring them early in the novel, but by the end I was highly impressed by the seriousness with which he embraced them. This adds a sturdy plank to the platform on which we suspend disbelief for any fantasy or science fiction story.
In the end, Adams gives the reader everything that ERB would have. There is plenty of action, meaningfully developed romances, and tremendous world building. Readers will come to this book because they are fans of ERB, but they will finish fans of Chris L. Adams.
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