# At the Earth’s Core — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/prologue.md): The narrator introduces the incredulous tale of a man he met in the Sahara, who claims to have spent ten years in a hidden inner world. The man's sincerity and a strange creature he brought back convince the narrator of 
- [I: Toward the Eternal Fires](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/i-toward-the-eternal-fires.md): David Innes recounts his early life and his partnership with the inventor Abner Perry to build a mechanical subterranean prospector, the 'Iron Mole.' They embark on a test voyage into the earth, facing extreme temperatur
- [A Strange World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/ii-a-strange-world.md): David Innes regains consciousness after a brief blackout and revives Abner Perry. They discover that the Iron Mole has surfaced in a bizarre, alien landscape with a motionless, oversized sun and no horizon. After explori
- [A Change of Masters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/iii-a-change-of-masters.md): David Innes and Abner Perry are captured by ape-like creatures and brought to a tree village. After being reunited, Perry reveals that they have traveled to the inner world of Pellucidar, where a stationary sun creates e
- [IV: Dian the Beautiful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/iv-dian-the-beautiful.md): David Innes and Abner Perry continue their forced march as captives of the Sagoths. David learns the language of his fellow prisoners from a young woman named Dian the Beautiful, who tells him she is fleeing from Jubal t

> 11 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=at_the_earth_s_core_se_880kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Slaves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/v-slaves.md)
- [The Beginning of Horror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/vi-the-beginning-of-horror.md)
- [VII: Freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/vii-freedom.md)
- [The Mahar Temple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/viii-the-mahar-temple.md)
- [IX: The Face of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/ix-the-face-of-death.md)
- [Phutra Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/x-phutra-again.md)
- [XI: Four Dead Mahars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/xi-four-dead-mahars.md)
- [Pursuit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/xii-pursuit.md)
- [The Sly One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/xiii-the-sly-one.md)
- [The Garden of Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/xiv-the-garden-of-eden.md)
- [Back to Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_earth_s_core_se/chapters/xv-back-to-earth.md)

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