Leigh Brackett
Published: 2021-07-24
Total Pages: 250
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Before she wrote the screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back, Leigh Brackett had already established herself as the "Queen of the Space Opera." Her series of adventure stories featuring the interplanetary outlaw, Eric John Stark, were inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. Stark, an orphan from Earth, is raised by the aboriginal inhabitants of Mercury, who give him the name N'Chaka, which means the "man without a tribe." This anthology compiles the three original Stark stories into a single volume: Queen Of The Martian Catacombs - Fleeing from Venus where he has been running guns, Eric John Stark comes to Mars to fight as a mercenary in a private war in the Martian Drylands. Black Amazon of Mars - In order to fulfill the dying wish of his companion, Stark travels to the Martian polar city of Kushat to return an ancient amulet to its original home. Enchantress Of Venus - After traveling to the planet Venus in an attempt to rescue a friend, Stark is taken prisoner beneath the shrouding veils of mist of the Red Sea.