This book tells the story of Tara, a headstrong princess who travels to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom and is captured by the Kaldanes, a race of horrific creatures. While imprisoned, she befriends one of the creatures and learns to play a game similar to chess, jetan. The story is a part of the Barsoom series and is set in a unique and fantastical world.

The Chessmen of Mars

Barsoom is planet Mars from American Edgar Rice Burroughs. First serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in 1912, published as A Princess of Mars in 1917. Dying Mars was based on outdated scientific ideas of canals. The savage, frontier world has honor, noble sacrifice and constant struggle, where martial prowess is paramount and races fight over dwi…