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A review by michaeldrakich
A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4.0
More Mars Mayhem. A whole new cast of characters is introduced in this novel where, for once, the hero is neither an Earthling or related to John Carter.
Meet Tan Hadron a simple soldier with a distant amount of royalty in his blood. Not enough to gain prominence, but enough to allow him to enter the higher social circles.
His imagined love for a beautiful woman leads him on a world-wide chase when she is kidnapped. The usual fights, challenges, and new Martian inventions are introduced along with new friends and a slave girl of interest.
This is standard fare for a Barsoom novel and did not do much to advance the timeline on Mars. Also, there was one major sub-plot that was never answered before the end. You'll have to read it to figure out which one.
All in all, I considered this the weakest of the Barsoom novels and rate it 3.5 stars, but because Goodreads STILL only rates in round numbers, I'll give it a four.
Meet Tan Hadron a simple soldier with a distant amount of royalty in his blood. Not enough to gain prominence, but enough to allow him to enter the higher social circles.
His imagined love for a beautiful woman leads him on a world-wide chase when she is kidnapped. The usual fights, challenges, and new Martian inventions are introduced along with new friends and a slave girl of interest.
This is standard fare for a Barsoom novel and did not do much to advance the timeline on Mars. Also, there was one major sub-plot that was never answered before the end. You'll have to read it to figure out which one.
All in all, I considered this the weakest of the Barsoom novels and rate it 3.5 stars, but because Goodreads STILL only rates in round numbers, I'll give it a four.