LOST IN OUR WORLD, FOUND IN ANOTHER.JOHN CARTER is a war-weary former military captain who finds himself inexplicably transported to Mars, where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions. From being captured by four-armed giants to being the focal point of a war between two nations, Carter will rediscover his humanity millions of miles from Earth.Also included in this volume is the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A PRINCESS OF MARS. First published in 1912, it introduced the world to John Carter and is the basis for the 2012 Walt Disney Pictures film John Carter. The first of the eleven Barsoom books, it is a classic tale of planetary adventure.