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The novel picks up where Tarzan of the Apes left off. The ape man, feeling rootless in the wake of his noble sacrifice of his prospects of wedding Jane Porter, leaves America for Europe to visit his friend Paul d'Arnot. On the ship he becomes embroiled in the affairs of Countess Olga de Coude, her husband, Count Raoul de Coude, and two shady characters attempting to prey on them, Nikolas Rokoff and his henchman Alexis Paulvitch. (Summary from Wikipedia)

John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a prisoner of four-armed green men, his Civil War experience and Earth-trained musculature give him superior martial abilities, and he is treated with deference by this fierce race. Falling in love with a princess of red humanoids (two-armed but egg-bearing), he contrives a daring escape and later rescues the red men from the hostility of another nation of their own race. In this struggle he enlists the aid of his former captors, whom he gradually civilizes,...

In this thrilling tale, a Confederate soldier finds himself unexpectedly transported to the mysterious world of Mars. As he navigates the planets complex politics and fierce battles, he rises to prominence as a legendary swordsman and hero. - Summary by Terry Kroenung

The protagonist is a soldier from the Great War whose tale John Carter has brought to Earth. Having saved the life of an ancient Martian who sells new bodies to wealthy Martians, he learns from this genius the arts of suspended animation and brain transplantation. During his apprenticeship, he falls in love with one of the victims of his master's profitable trade. When her body becomes the property of the evil ruler of a distant city, he revives experimental subjects and sets forth to recover her body. The team includes the man he killed almost the moment he arrived on the planet, a great ...

Dive into the thrilling world of Out of Time‚As Abyss, the captivating third installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs Caspak trilogy. Originally published as a gripping three-part serial in Blue Book Magazine in 1918, this novel takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through time and prehistoric landscapes. The entire trilogy was later compiled under the title The Land That Time Forgot, first released in book form in 1924. With its rich storytelling, this iconic tale has often been presented as a standalone short novel, offering a unique glimpse into Burroughs imaginative universe. (Summary ...

Red Hawk is a thrilling sci-fi adventure in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Moon Series. Set in a future where humanity is enslaved by the dreaded Kalkars, Julian 20th—known as the Red Hawk—leads a fierce rebellion. Mounted on his warhorse Red Lightning, he fights for the last free Americans in a relentless battle for survival.

The Return of the Mucker follows Billy Byrne, a fugitive who flees to Mexico after being framed for murder. Now a wandering outlaw, he finds himself in the midst of a civil war, facing dangerous bandits, political intrigue, and moral dilemmas. An action-packed adventure of redemption and survival in a lawless land.

In Tarzan the Terrible, Tarzan’s search for his kidnapped wife Jane leads him to the lost world of Pal-ul-don, a prehistoric land filled with dinosaurs and strange humanoid creatures. As he navigates this savage landscape, he must fight to prove himself among its warring inhabitants. A thrilling blend of fantasy, adventure, and jungle action!

Set during World War I, Tarzan the Untamed sees the legendary jungle hero seeking vengeance after his home is destroyed by German troops. With fierce battles, espionage, and jungle survival, this installment in the Tarzan series is packed with action and intrigue as he joins the British war effort.

The drums boom forth an incredible message from tribe to tribe—Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, has become an enemy to all, stealing and enslaving their women…as well as the daughter of an English millionaire, who offers a princely reward for her recapture and Tarzan’s death. Certainly her captor told Sandra Pickerall that he was Tarzan…but he also told her he was God… Tarzan follows their trail with one thought in mind—to pursue and destroy the man who has stolen his name and made it infamous in the jungle world he loves.

This unabridged recording of the classic adventure novel from 1914 tells of an aristocratic English infant, abandoned in the African jungle upon the death of his shipwrecked parents, who is reared by apes. Given the name "Tarzan", meaning "white-skin" in the language of the apes, Tarzan is raised without knowledge of his own kind, until the beautiful socialite Jane Porter sets foot into his secluded life.

For six long Martian months, John Carter has haunted the terrifying Temple of the Sun. Inside the walls of this mysterious revolving tower is his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris, the beautiful princess of Barsoom. Worse yet, his wife is trapped there with the lovely but wicked Phaidor, who has sworn to make John Carter her own - even if it means murder. How can Carter gain access to the Temple, whose doors swing open only once a year? And when he does find his way inside, will he find Dejah Thoris's welcoming embrace - or her corpse?

Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaic, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best.

More than 60 years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, two novice writers at the dawn of their careers, sat down to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. Alternating chapters, they pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and obsession, art and violence.

From one of the founders of the beat generation and the 1960s counterculture comes this opening novel of a series available now in audio for the first time. An opium addict is lost in the jungle; young men wage war against an empire of mutants; a handsome young pirate faces his execution; and the world's population is infected with a radioactive epidemic. These stories are woven together in a single tale of mayhem and chaos.

William Burroughs closed his classic novel Junky by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called ‘Yage’, a drug that could be ‘the final fix’. In The Yage Letters, a mix of travel writing, satire, psychedelia, and epistolary novel, he journeys through South America, writing to his friend Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with the strange drug, using it to travel through time and space and derange his senses.

Burroughs’ letters reveal his desire to escape the norms of American society which hemmed him in, and the extraordinary steps he took to break free.

"A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a science fantasy novel first serialized in 1912. Confederate veteran John Carter is mysteriously transported to Mars, a dying desert planet called Barsoom. With superhuman strength from the planet's lower gravity, he becomes entangled with warlike...

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In a world where dreams can slip away in an instant, T.J. Hughes stands at a crossroads. After leaving a secure corporate management position to launch his startup, ScreenSaver, T.J. promised his wife, Jill, that he would turn their dreams into reality. But as reality sets in, he faces the harsh truth: his company is struggling to survive in a competitive landscape. With the odds stacked against him and the looming threat of failure, T.J. is determined to beat the statistics and prove that he can succeed where so many others have faltered. How can he face Jill if he loses everything?

Nestled just outside Los Angeles, the countryside is a breathtaking oasis, where the land flourishes, majestic animals roam, and tranquil natural pools beckon on warm summer days. For families like the Penningtons and the Evanses, life seems idyllic and fulfilling. Yet, beneath this picturesque facade lurks a dark reality. At Rancho Ganado, the encroaching shadows of bootlegging, drugs, and murder threaten to shatter their peace. The vices of nearby Hollywood intrude upon their serene existence, spiraling their lives into chaos and turmoil. - Summary by Joseph DeNoiaProof-listened by KevinS ...