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by John Eric Holmes\"\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nCover art by Richard Hescox<\/strong>
\nForeword and frontispiece by Christopher West Holmes<\/strong><\/p>\n

When scientist Chris West saw the video-screen image of a beautiful woman about to suffer a gruesome death in an unknown land, he didn\u2019t hesitate to race to her aid by means of an experimental matter transmitter. Plunged headlong into a world of savage men and prehistoric beasts at the Earth\u2019s core, the young ex-Marine would soon be fighting for his own life as a captive of the Mahars, cruel reptilian rulers of the inner world of Pellucidar.<\/p>\n

Includes the Bonus Classic Novelette <\/strong>
\n\u201cTarzan and the Land That Time Forgot\u201d <\/strong>
\nby Joe R. Lansdale<\/strong>
\nWhile returning from a trip to the Earth\u2019s core, the O-220 dirigible is blown off course by a violent tempest that plunges it into the frigid ocean off the coast of primeval Caspak. Now Tarzan, along with Captain Zuppner and a Pellucidarian woman named Zamona, must battle for survival amid the mysteries and dangers of the Land That Time Forgot!<\/p>\n

Mahars of Pellucidar<\/em> is available in softcover and hardcover editions, as well as a hardcover Collector\u2019s Edition with a signed bookplate.* The book is expected to ship to customers in Late Summer 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Bonus Trading Card\u2014While Supplies Last<\/strong>
\nAll preorders of Mahars of Pellucidar<\/em> placed directly from ERB, Inc.\u2019s online store will come with an exclusive collectible ERB Universe trading card spotlighting the malevolent Mahars, the reptilian overlords of the inner world. Collect all of the trading cards by preordering each ERB Universe novel directly from ERBurroughs.com!<\/p>\n

\"\"Hardcover Limited Collector\u2019s Edition<\/strong>
\nThe hardcover Collector\u2019s Edition of Mahars of Pellucidar<\/em> features a special ERB Universe bookplate signed by Christopher West Holmes (John Eric Holmes\u2019 son, who also wrote the books\u2019 forewords and illustrated their frontispieces), along with facsimile signatures of John Eric Holmes and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Additionally, the Collector\u2019s Edition of Mahars of Pellucidar<\/em> will include an additional ERB Universe trading card featuring Richard Hescox\u2019s cover art for the novel. Each Collector\u2019s Edition is limited to only 300 copies.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHORS<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Eric Holmes<\/strong>
\nJohn Eric Holmes (1930\u20132010) was the first writer after Edgar Rice Burroughs to pen an authorized novel set in Pellucidar,\u00a0the world at the Earth\u2019s core. He was also the author of the Buck Rogers novel Mordred<\/em> as well as several short stories. He is perhaps best known for having written the popular 1977 Dungeons & Dragons<\/em> Basic Set<\/em> (also known among D&D players as the \u201cHolmes Basic Set\u201d), which introduced an entire generation to the world of fantasy tabletop roleplaying games. In 1993, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edgar Rice Burroughs Chain of Friendship (ECOF).<\/p>\n

Joe R. Lansdale<\/strong>
\nJoe R. Lansdale is the author of fifty novels and four hundred shorter works, including stories, essays, reviews, film and TV scripts, introductions and magazine articles, and a book of poetry. His work has been made into the films\u00a0Bubba Hotep<\/em>and\u00a0Cold in July<\/em>, as well as the acclaimed Sundance TV show\u00a0Hap and Leonard<\/em>. \u00a0He has received numerous recognitions for his work. Among them the Edgar, for his crime novel The Bottoms<\/em>, the Spur, for his historical western Paradise Sky<\/em>, as well as ten Bram Stokers for his horror works. He has also received the Grandmaster Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. He has been recognized for his contributions to comics with the Inkpot Life Achievement Award, and has received the British Fantasy Award, and has had two New York Times<\/em>Notable Books. He has been honored with the Italian Grinzane Cavour Prize, the Sugar Pulp Prize for Fiction, and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award. The Edge of Dark Water<\/em> was listed by Booklist as an Editor\u2019s Choice, and the American Library Association chose The Thicket<\/em>, for Adult Books for Young Adults. Library Journal<\/em> voted The Thicket<\/em>, as one of the Best Historical Novels of the Year.\u00a0He has also received an American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, and the Shot in the Dark International Crime Writer\u2019s Award, and was recognized for his contributions to the legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs with the Golden Lion Award. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Literature and has been inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame and is Writer in Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University.\u00a0He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, with his wife, Karen.<\/p>\n

About the Cover Artist<\/strong>
\nRichard Hescox is one of the founding lights of the Imaginative Realism movement. He has contributed artwork to such projects as the films E.T.<\/em> and The Dark Crystal<\/em>, as well as computer games, record albums, and magazine illustrations. He has also provided cover art and interior illustrations for hundreds of books, including the limited edition of A Clash of Kings<\/em> from the George R. R. Martin\u2019s bestselling Game of Thrones series. Richard previously painted the iconic cover art for all five books of Edgar Rice Burroughs\u2019 Carson of Venus series, as well as Skies of Venus: A Novel of Amtor<\/em> by Neal Romanek and Tarzan and the Valley of Gold<\/em> by Fritz Leiber.<\/p>\n

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The Dead Moon Super-Arc<\/strong>
\nKorak at the Earth’s Core<\/em><\/a> by Win Scott Eckert<\/p>\n

Swords of Eternity Super-Arc
\n<\/strong>Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds<\/em><\/a> by Matt Betts
\nTarzan: Battle for Pellucidar<\/em><\/a> by Win Scott Eckert
\nJohn Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten<\/em><\/a> by Geary Gravel
\nVictory Harben: Fires of Halos<\/em><\/a> by Christopher Paul Carey<\/p>\n

Other Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Books
\n<\/strong>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins<\/a> by Ann Tonsor Zeddies
\nRed Axe of Pellucidar<\/a><\/em> by John Eric Holmes
\nTarzan and the Forest of Stone<\/a><\/em> by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
\nTarzan and the Valley of Gold<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Fritz Leiber
\nTarzan and the Dark Heart of Time<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Trademarks Edgar Rice Burroughs\u00ae; Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe\u2122; ERB Universe\u2122; Pellucidar\u00ae; At the Earth\u2019s Core\u2122; Mahars\u2122; Tarzan\u00ae; The Land That Time Forgot\u2122; Caspak\u2122; John Carter\u00ae; John Carter of Mars\u00ae; Carson of Venus\u00ae; Carson Napier\u2122; Jason Gridley\u2122; Victory Harben\u2122; and Swords of Eternity\u2122 owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Associated logos, characters, names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks or registered trademarks of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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