# The Warlord of Mars — Chapters explained

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

- [On the River Iss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/i-on-the-river-iss.md): 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 observ
- [Under the Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/ii-under-the-mountains.md): 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, Car
- [III: The Temple of the Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/iii-the-temple-of-the-sun.md): 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 in
- [The Secret Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/iv-the-secret-tower.md): 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
- [On the Kaolian Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/v-on-the-kaolian-road.md): 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 

> 11 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_warlord_of_mars_se_511kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [A Hero in Kaol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/vi-a-hero-in-kaol.md)
- [New Allies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/vii-new-allies.md)
- [Through the Carrion Caves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/viii-through-the-carrion-caves.md)
- [With the Yellow Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/ix-with-the-yellow-men.md)
- [X: In Durance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/x-in-durance.md)
- [The Pit of Plenty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xi-the-pit-of-plenty.md)
- [Follow the Rope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xii-follow-the-rope.md)
- [The Magnet Switch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xiii-the-magnet-switch.md)
- [The Tide of Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xiv-the-tide-of-battle.md)
- [Rewards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xv-rewards.md)
- [The New Ruler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xvi-the-new-ruler.md)

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