After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars - an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.

"The Gods of Mars" was first published in the All-Story (January - May 1913). The first hardcover edition was published by A.C. McClurg & Co., September 28, 1918. The dust jacket and a sepia frontispiece were by Frank Schoonover.