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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

Chris West\u2019s deadly prowess with his weapon of choice had earned him the name Red Axe in the Stone Age world of Pellucidar at the Earth\u2019s core. Sentenced to die along with the woman he loved by the merciless Mahars, West had fought his way free of the lethal laboratories and ghastly arenas of their underground city. Now he must carve a path for his small band of fugitives through a primordial landscape teeming with monstrous beasts and brutish men bent on their destruction.<\/p>\n

Includes the Bonus Novella\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u201cJason Gridley of Earth: Across the Moons of Mars\u201d <\/strong>
\nA Tale of the Swords of Eternity Super-Arc<\/em> <\/strong>
\nby Geary Gravel
\n<\/strong>Hurled from world to world by the vagaries of subatomic entanglement, Jason Gridley is plucked from the surface of Barsoom for a whirlwind tour of its mysterious satellites. Menaced by carnivorous cat-men on one moon and marooned with the survivors of a thousand-year-old catastrophe on the other, Jason and an enigmatic fellow traveler from Earth must find some way to survive the perils that threaten to spell their doom.<\/p>\n

Red Axe 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 Summer 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Bonus Trading Card\u2014While Supplies Last<\/strong>
\nAll preorders of Red Axe of Pellucidar<\/em> placed directly from ERB, Inc.\u2019s online store will come with an exclusive collectible ERB Universe trading card featuring Jason Gridley of Earth. Collect all of the trading cards by preordering each ERB Universe novel directly from ERBurroughs.com!<\/p>\n

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\"\"Hardcover Limited Collector\u2019s Edition<\/strong>
\nThe hardcover Collector\u2019s Edition of Red Axe 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 Red Axe 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

Geary Gravel<\/strong>
\nGeary Gravel is the author of Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novel John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten<\/em>, the Philip K. Dick Award finalist The Alchemists<\/em>, and the novels The Pathfinders<\/em>, A Key for the Nonesuch<\/em>, and Return of the Breakneck Boys<\/em>. He has written several novelizations, including Hook<\/em>, based on the Steven Spielberg film, and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm<\/em>, based on the animated movie. He lives in western Massachusetts, where he worked for decades as a Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf.<\/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
\nMahars of Pellucidar<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by John Eric Holmes
\n<\/em>Tarzan and the Forest of Stone<\/em><\/a> 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; 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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