THE ATHENAEUMThe Chessmen of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs
Adventure
The Chessmen of Mars
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textPrincess Tara of Helium is blown off course in a storm and lands among the Kaldanes, living heads that ride about on headless bodies. Then there is jetan, Martian chess, played with living pieces and to the death. Burroughs printed the rules at the back of the book, so you can play it at home, more gently.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Where to find it
- The Reading Room of Helium, on Mars
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #1153. In the public domain in the United States.