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A henchman of Tarzan's now-deceased enemy, Nikolas Rokoff, wants to even the score, and lures Tarzan's son away from London and into his clutches.

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Tarzan searches for the kidnapped Jane in a hidden valley, where he finds dinosaurs and two different races of tailed human-looking creatures.

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The first book in the legendary Tarzan series tells the story of John Clayton, born in the coastal jungles of Africa to a marooned couple from England, adopted as an infant by apes after they die, then raised in ignorance of his human heritage.

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Together for the first time in one omnibus binding are all ten of the original Tarzan Novels that cemented Tarzan’s name in the annals of heroic fiction. That’s more than one thousand pages of pulse pounding adventure. Almost a million words! Plus superb color illustrations from some of the original titles. Return to a simpler more exciting time with Tarzan and his adventures. If you enjoyed this book, you’ll want to search on “Positronic Super Pack” and check out all our other Super Packs! Included in this edition: Tarzan of the Apes The Return Of Tarzan The Beasts of Tarzan The Son of Tarzan Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Jungle Tales of Tarzan Tarzan the Untamed Tarzan the Terrible Tarzan and the Golden Lion Tarzan and the Ant-Men

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"A Princess of Mars" is the first tale in the classic Martian novel series of Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the center of the series is the protagonist John Carter, a Confederate Captain of the American Civil War, who finds himself mysteriously transported to the planet Mars. «A Princess of Mars» is both a romantic adventure and a science fiction tale of fantasy. John Carter finds himself captive by large four-armed green men along with the lovely princess of Helium, Dejah Thoris. Between them and a safe escape lies a treacherous landscape of strange creatures and mysterious deadly dangers.

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In this sequel to «A Princess of Mars», we find John Carter after being forced back to Earth at the end of «A Princess of Mars», returning to Mars after a ten-year absence. Having been separated from his wife Dejah Thoris and his unborn child and in an effort to return to them, Carter struggles against various obstacles in this fantastical imagination of the red planet by Edgar Rice Burroughs. «The Gods of Mars» is a captivating tale of science fiction adventure set in a far off world.

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The first novel in the popular adventure series, «Tarzan of the Apes» is the coming of age story of John Clayton, the son of an English couple, Lord and Lady Greystoke, who are marooned in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa. When his parents are killed by the savage king ape Kerchak, Clayton is adopted, as an infant, by the she-ape Kala and renamed Tarzan, or «white skin» in the ape language. This classic tale of adventure by Edgar Rice Burroughs has captivated readers both young and old ever since its original publication in 1912.

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The extraterrestrial adventures of John Carter, an American Civil War veteran transplanted to Mars, continue in this third installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs' «Barsoom» series. The initial series was originally published as a four-part serial in «All-Story Magazine» between December, 1913 through March, 1914; its wild popularity resulted in numerous sequels. The story chronicles Carter's encounters with Martian royalty, fantastic creatures, ancient alien races, and formidable monsters on his dangerous quests on the alien planet. Lovers of the science fiction genre will enjoy the strange and exciting details woven intricately throughout this romantic tale, which begins with the hero's quest to free his imprisoned wife, the princess Dejah Thoris, from the Temple of the Sun. Burroughs' creation of John Carter, as well as his legendary Tarzan of the Apes, has cemented the American author's place in literary history. The Burroughs crater on Mars is named in his honor.

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The second work of the Tarzan series, «The Return of Tarzan» follows the Lord of the Jungle from one continent to the next as he goes from America to Europe to Africa, encountering personalities of varying morality. Tarzan becomes entangled with Russian spies and French counts, blackmail and murder, kidnapping and intrigue, all the while in love with Jane Porter, who is engaged to marry another man. This 1915 work follows the aristocratic jungle man back to his home, where he is told of the legendary city of Opar and its vast treasure. Through his heartsickness, Tarzan tries first to learn the ways of a gentleman, then to embrace his upbringing, and he encounters beasts in many guises along the way. In his struggle to choose the course of his future, all of the answers come clear in this riveting installment of the Tarzan saga.

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In this third installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Barsoom” series, “The Warlord of Mars”, we follow the extraterrestrial adventures of John Carter, an American Civil War veteran transplanted to Mars. The “Barsoom” series began as a four-part serial in “All-Story Magazine” between December 1913 through March 1914. That first story, “A Princess of Mars”, was wildly popular and resulted in numerous sequels. In the series John Carter’s encounters with Martian royalty, fantastic creatures, ancient alien races, and formidable monsters in a dangerous foreign world are chronicled. Lovers of the science fiction genre will enjoy the strange and exciting details woven intricately throughout “The Warlord of Mars”, which begins where the previous novel, “The Gods of Mars”, abruptly left off. Here we find John Carter attempting to free his beloved wife, the princess Dejah Thoris, from the slowly rotating prison in the Temple of the Sun. The exciting adventures of John Carter continue in this thrilling installment of Burroughs’ “Barsoom” series. This edition includes a biographical afterword.