# Peter Johansen — The Moon Maid character guide

> Peter Johansen in The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Peter, Johansen

**First appearance:** 0002-i-the-flight-of-the-barsoom

## Snapshot

A hunted Earthman under the Kash Guard's heel, Peter Johansen risks everything when he claims Juana as his own against the brutal Brother General Or-tis.

## Who they are

Peter lives among a taxed, watched people whose brief contentment shatters the moment the Kash Guard rides in. When Or-tis comes to claim Juana, Peter steps between them and stakes a claim that is half lie, half defiance, knowing traitors do not live long. His reckless stand sets the story's central conflict of love against tyranny in motion, and the thirty days of law that follow become a countdown he cannot escape.

## Relationships

### [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/mother)

_family_

Mother and Peter Johansen are family members, likely parent and child, with a nurturing bond.

### [Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/father)

_family_

Father and Peter Johansen are family members, likely father and son, with a supportive relationship.

### [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/characters/mother)

_family_

Mother and Peter Johansen are family members, likely parent and child, with a nurturing bond.

## In the story

### [The Flag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/chapters/i-the-flag)

Suspicious visitor who arrives after the flag is hidden; Julian distrusts him.

### [A Fight on Market Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/chapters/iv-a-fight-on-market-day)

Spies on Julian's house with a Kash Guard, hoping to find The Flag.

### [V: The Court-Martial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/chapters/v-the-court-martial)

Julian confronts him at night, accusing him of being a spy; Johansen draws a knife.

### [Betrayed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/chapters/vi-betrayed)

Suspected informer; seen shadowing someone in the woods, raising suspicion among the congregation.

### [VIII: I Horsewhip an Officer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moon_maid_se/chapters/viii-i-horsewhip-an-officer)

Informer who caused Julian's father's arrest; attacks Mother and is killed by Julian.

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