THE WARLORD OF MARS Book 3 in the Barsoon Series CONTENTS I. On the River Iss II. Under the Mountains III. The Temple of the Sun IV. The Secret Tower V. On the Kaolian Road VI. A Hero in Kaol VII. New Allies VIII. Through the Carrion Caves IX. With the Yellow Men X. In Durance XI. The Pity of Plenty XII. "Follow the Rope!" XIII. The Magnet Switch XIV. The Tide of Battle XV. Rewards XVI. The New Ruler CHAPTER I ON THE RIVER ISS In the shadows of the forest that flanks the crimson plain by the side of the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor, beneath the hurtling moons of Mars, speeding their meteoric way close above the bosom of the dying planet, I crept stealthily along the trail of a shadowy form that hugged the darker places with a persistency that proclaimed the sini