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Chapter 1
On the River Iss
John Carter pursues the black warrior Thurid along the River Iss, reflecting on the false religion of the Holy Therns and the entombment of Dejah Thoris. He witnesses the horrors of the river's charnel islands and observes a secret meeting between Thurid and Matai Shang, indicating a conspiracy against him and his allies.
Chapter 2
Under the Mountains
John Carter navigates a subterranean river beneath the mountains, following clues from a sorapus nutshell to track Thurid. He encounters two therns, Lakor and his companion, who guard a passage. After a tense parley, Carter reveals his identity as John Carter, Prince of Helium, and is allowed to pass through a left-hand corridor chosen by his loyal calot, Woola, despite Lakor's deceptive intentions.
Chapter 3
III: The Temple of the Sun
John Carter fights two therns in a corridor, aided by Woola who kills them. He then discovers the base of the Temple of the Sun and finds a door opened by a light-based lock, using a formula from Thurid's torch. Woola insists on a different path, leading them away from the spiral stairway.
Chapter 4
The Secret Tower
John Carter and Woola track Dejah Thoris's abductors to the hidden fortress of Matai Shang, the Father of Therns, in the Otz Mountains. Carter is lured into a trap and finds himself in an arena facing a dozen banths, but Thuvia of Ptarth uses her power to command the beasts to retreat. Carter leaps to the balcony where Dejah Thoris, Thuvia, and their captors are gathered. A struggle ensues, and Matai Shang drags Dejah Thoris away into the tower, while Phaidor offers Carter a choice: accept her love and save Dejah Thoris, or refuse and face doom.
Chapter 5
On the Kaolian Road
John Carter survives a fall from the tower, escapes the fortress of the Holy Therns with Woola, and pursues Thurid and Matai Shang's flier toward Kaol. After a perilous journey through the Kaolian jungle, he is attacked by a sith but rescued by Torkar Bar, Dwar of the Kaolian Road, who offers his aid despite their nominal enmity.
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