# The Gods of Mars — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [The Gods of Mars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/the-gods-of-mars.md): John Carter, having escaped the Temple of the Sun, finds himself in a strange and perilous part of Mars. He encounters the Plant Men and the White Apes, and is eventually captured and taken before the Holy Therns, where 
- [The Plant Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/i-the-plant-men.md): John Carter, standing on a bluff by the Hudson River in March 1886, feels the irresistible call of Mars and is transported across space once more. He awakens in a strange, beautiful forest on Mars, near an open sea. Expl
- [A Forest Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/ii-a-forest-battle.md): John Carter and Tars Tarkas fight for their lives against a horde of plant men and great white apes in an unknown valley. After a desperate battle, they take refuge inside a hollow tree, but are besieged by their enemies
- [The Chamber of Mystery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/iii-the-chamber-of-mystery.md): John Carter and Tars Tarkas find themselves in a mysterious chamber after escaping the plant men. They discuss the shocking revelation that the Valley Dor, long believed to be a heavenly afterlife, is actually a place of
- [Thuvia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/iv-thuvia.md): John Carter awakens to the sounds of conflict and finds himself in a chamber with prisoners and savage beasts. After freeing a young red Martian woman, she helps him re-enter a horror chamber where Tars Tarkas is fightin

> 19 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_gods_of_mars_se_757kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Corridors of Peril](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/v-corridors-of-peril.md)
- [The Black Pirates of Barsoom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/vi-the-black-pirates-of-barsoom.md)
- [A Fair Goddess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/vii-a-fair-goddess.md)
- [The Depths of Omean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/viii-the-depths-of-omean.md)
- [IX: Issus, Goddess of Life Eternal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/ix-issus-goddess-of-life-eternal.md)
- [The Prison Isle of Shador](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/x-the-prison-isle-of-shador.md)
- [When Hell Broke Loose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xi-when-hell-broke-loose.md)
- [Doomed to Die](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xii-doomed-to-die.md)
- [A Break for Liberty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xiii-a-break-for-liberty.md)
- [The Eyes in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xiv-the-eyes-in-the-dark.md)
- [Flight and Pursuit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xv-flight-and-pursuit.md)
- [Under Arrest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xvi-under-arrest.md)
- [The Death Sentence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xvii-the-death-sentence.md)
- [Sola's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xviii-sola-s-story.md)
- [Black Despair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xix-black-despair.md)
- [The Air Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xx-the-air-battle.md)
- [Through Flood and Flame](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xxi-through-flood-and-flame.md)
- [Victory and Defeat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/xxii-victory-and-defeat.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gods_of_mars_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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