Andrew M. Ward

Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving behind a wake of despair. One man has the answer. One woman stands in his way. Some will stop at nothing to control him. Others will stop at nothing to save him. He swore by his life. They swore to find him.

1881年のニューヨーク、大富豪のジョン・カーターがこつ然と姿を消す。おいのエドガー・ライス・バローズに託された日記には、未知の惑星“バルスーム”でのジョン・カーターの驚きの体験がつづられていた。それは、全宇宙を支配しようとする“マタイ・シャン”によって滅亡の危機に直面していたバルスームが舞台で……。