Edgar Rice Burroughs

Thuvia, Maid of Mars Annotated Edgar Rice Burroughs

Thuvia, Maid of Mars is the fourth book of the Barsoom series. In this novel the focus shifts from John Carter, Warlord of Mars, and Dejah Thoris of Helium, protagonists of the first three books in the series, to their son, Carthoris, prince of Helium, and Thuvia, princess of Ptarth. Helium and Ptarth are both prominent Barsoomian city state/empires, and both Carthoris and Thuvia were secondary characters in The Warlord of Mars. Its plot devices are similar to the previous Martian novels, involving the kidnapping of a Martian princess.