Princess of Mars

A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. This story is set on Mars, on a dying planet with a unforgiving desert environment. Carter An Earthman from Virginia finds himself on Mars after being mysteriously transported there while hiding in a cave on Earth. He soon finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as it has less gravity. On the planet Mars, he finds himself battling for a beautiful woman with the help of some strange creatures.