# The Warlord of Mars — Chapters explained

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

- [On the River Iss](https://www.betterreads.online/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.online/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.online/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.online/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.online/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 
- [A Hero in Kaol](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/vi-a-hero-in-kaol.md): John Carter, disguised as Dotar Sojat, warns the Kaolians of a green warrior ambush, fights alongside them in a fierce battle, and gains the favor of Jeddak Kulan Tith. He is presented to his enemies Matai Shang and Thur
- [New Allies](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/vii-new-allies.md): In the court of Kulan Tith, John Carter confronts Matai Shang and Thurid, revealing that they hold Dejah Thoris and Thuvia as prisoners. Thuvan Dihn, learning of his daughter's captivity, allies with John Carter, challen
- [Through the Carrion Caves](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/viii-through-the-carrion-caves.md): John Carter and Thuvan Dihn, stranded at the ice-barrier, discover the Carrion Caves as the only passage to the land of the yellow men. They navigate through seven caves filled with rotting corpses and stench, then face 
- [With the Yellow Men](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/ix-with-the-yellow-men.md): John Carter and Thuvan Dihn encounter Talu, Prince of Marentina, who saves them from black-bearded warriors and explains his conflict with his uncle Salensus Oll, the tyrannical ruler of Okar. Talu advises them to disgui
- [X: In Durance](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/x-in-durance.md): John Carter, disguised as an aspirant to the palace guard, witnesses Thurid's assault on Dejah Thoris in the garden of Salensus Oll. He intervenes, defeating Thurid, but is later imprisoned. Dejah Thoris and Thuvia inexp
- [The Pit of Plenty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xi-the-pit-of-plenty.md): John Carter is thrown into the Pit of Plenty by Salensus Oll, but is aided by a Marentinian ally via a signal ring. After a day of darkness, he is tantalized by a vision of food and drink that disappears. He is later bro
- [Follow the Rope](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xii-follow-the-rope.md): John Carter escapes the Pit of Plenty by following a rope left by an unknown ally, crawling through a tunnel to a hidden chamber where he overhears Thurid conspiring with the yellow scientist Solan to use a powerful leve
- [The Magnet Switch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xiii-the-magnet-switch.md): John Carter battles guardsmen in the armory, frees Tardos Mors and Mors Kajak, then fights a desperate duel with Solan in a buried chamber to throw the magnet switch and save an approaching fleet from destruction.
- [The Tide of Battle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xiv-the-tide-of-battle.md): John Carter interrupts the forced marriage of Dejah Thoris to Salensus Oll, killing the tyrant in the throne room. He fights off the nobles until a messenger announces the city has fallen to southern forces. Kantos Kan l
- [Rewards](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xv-rewards.md): John Carter realizes Dejah Thoris has been taken by Thurid, pursues him through hidden corridors and a frozen landscape, and ultimately rescues her after a confrontation. Phaidor, transformed by witnessing true love, sav
- [The New Ruler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warlord_of_mars_se/chapters/xvi-the-new-ruler.md): John Carter and Dejah Thoris, reunited after twelve years, return to Kadabra to find the city in the hands of their allies. Carter prevents the escape of hostile nobles by threatening to destroy the palace with a lever, 

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