The Gods of Mars (Mars Series Book 2) by Burroughs, Edgar Rice - 1978

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Schoonover, Frank E. 1920s printing (Heins GM-4; Lukes GM-4). Cover spine slightly discolored, jacket edges worn with some loss from spine ends and abrasions to spine surface, jacket toned. 1978 Hard Cover. xi, [1], 348 pp. 8vo. Yellow cloth with olive title arc on front board. Frontispiece by Frank E. Schoonover. The sequel to the celebrated novel "A Princess of Mars". "John Carter's return to Mars, where he finds his son and exposes the false religion of Issus." "This is the extraordinary story of John Carter, who returns to the Red Planet in search of his beloved, Dejah Thoris. John lands in the Valley Dor, which is populated by vicious plant men, and discovers the Lost Sea of Korus, guarded by the great white apes and horrifying lions of Barsoom. It is here that he finds the princess Thuvia, who is a captive of the Holy Therns, high priests who eat only human flesh slain by their plant men. But this is only the beginning of John Carter's adventures under the double moons of Mars before he fights his way back to his own people as the Prince of the House of Tardos Mors.