# Thuvia, Maid of Mars — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Carthoris and Thuvia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/i-carthoris-and-thuvia.md): In the royal gardens of Thuvan Dihn, Jeddak of Ptarth, Astok of Dusar affronts Thuvia by grasping her arm and declaring his love. She calls the guard, but Carthoris of Helium intervenes, striking Astok and defending her 
- [II: Slavery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/ii-slavery.md): A spy infiltrates the palace of Ptarth by posing as a servant, then visits the Dusarian embassy to deliver a message. That night, Thuvia of Ptarth is abducted from her garden by Dusarian warriors. Meanwhile, Vas Kor, a D
- [III: Treachery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/iii-treachery.md): Carthoris is dispatched by John Carter to the court of Ptarth to clear his name of suspicion in Thuvia's abduction. As he prepares his flier, a scarred slave sabotages the destination compass, setting it to a false locat
- [IV: A Green Man’s Captive](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/iv-a-green-man-s-captive.md): Thuvia of Ptarth is abducted by men initially disguised as Dusarians but later wearing the insignia of Helium. They take her to a dead city, where she is left alone in a plaza. A green warrior, Thar Ban, captures her and
- [The Fair Race](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/v-the-fair-race.md): Carthoris and Thuvia find themselves in a strange valley after the battle, encountering a fair-skinned, auburn-haired race. Carthoris defends Thuvia from the green Torquasians and their jeddak Hortan Gur, while the bowme
- [VI: The Jeddak of Lothar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/vi-the-jeddak-of-lothar.md): Carthoris and Thuvia, after witnessing the mysterious disappearance of the dead bowmen and the lack of wounds on the Torquasian corpses, approach the walled city of Lothar. Thuvia demonstrates her uncanny power over the 
- [VII: The Phantom Bowmen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/vii-the-phantom-bowmen.md): Carthoris and Thuvia are brought before Tario, the jeddak of Lothar, who questions their reality. When Carthoris draws his sword against phantom bowmen, they vanish, revealing the power of suggestion. Tario orders Cartho
- [The Hall of Doom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/viii-the-hall-of-doom.md): Thuvia is left alone with Tario, who attempts to use hypnotic suggestion to make her love him. She resists and stabs him when he tries to force himself on her. Bowmen appear but vanish when Tario loses consciousness. Car
- [The Battle in the Plain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/ix-the-battle-in-the-plain.md): Carthoris, Thuvia, and Jav survive being thrown into Komal's pit, but Thuvia tames the banth-god. They escape to the plain before Lothar, where Jav and Tario engage in a psychic battle of materialized bowmen. During the 
- [Kar Komak, the Bowman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/x-kar-komak-the-bowman.md): Carthoris discovers that Jav has deceived him, causing him to believe Thuvia was with him when she was actually detained. He returns to Lothar, finds Jav mauled by Komal, and learns Thuvia has gone with the banth toward 
- [XI: Green Men and White Apes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/xi-green-men-and-white-apes.md): Carthoris is knocked unconscious during a battle. Upon waking, he finds Thuvia and Kar Komak gone. He makes his way to Aaanthor for water but is captured by Torquasian green warriors and chained in the palace pits. There
- [XII: To Save Dusar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/xii-to-save-dusar.md): Astok of Dusar, under pressure from his father Nutus, is forced to consider the murder of Thuvia of Ptarth to conceal Dusar's guilt in her abduction and the ensuing war. He visits her in her tower prison, pleads for her 
- [XIII: Turjun, the Panthan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/xiii-turjun-the-panthan.md): Carthoris, under the alias Turjun, is recruited into the service of Dusar and encounters Vas Kor, whom he recognizes from earlier encounters. He learns of the war between Helium and Dusar and overhears a plot by Astok an
- [XIV: Kulan Tith's Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/xiv-kulan-tith-s-sacrifice.md): Thuvia of Ptarth, imprisoned in the east tower of Astok's palace, awaits her execution. Astok and Vas Kor enter to carry out the deed, but are interrupted by the panthan (Carthoris in disguise), who fights them off. Cart
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/thuvia_maid_of_mars_se/chapters/endnotes.md): This chapter provides a detailed explanation of Barsoomian linear measurement, converting units such as the ad, haad, and karad into Earth equivalents for the reader's convenience.

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