Book cover for Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds (Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe) by Matt Betts and Christopher Paul Carey

Carson of Venus

The Edge of All Worlds (Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe)

2020 Released
280 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.ISBN 9781945462238

Carson of Venus is back in the first novel of groundbreaking Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe series!

When a mysterious enemy attacks his adopted nation of Korva, Earthman Carson Napier discovers his own arrival on Venus years ago may have unknowingly triggered the strike. The invaders' trail of death and destruction leads Carson and his beloved princess Duare headlong into battle against a seemingly invincible, primordial race. But that is not Carson's only challenge, for an uncanny phenomenon has entangled him with two strange individuals from beyond spacetime. Will Carson be able to solve the mysteries of his past and the enigmatic visitors before the entire planet descends into chaos?

Also includes the bonus novelette "Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun" by Christopher Paul Carey, introducing Victory Harben, the ERB Universe's newest heroine:

The very principle of physics behind the Gridley Wave has mysteriously failed, cutting off all communication between the hollow world of Pellucidar and the outer crust, and now inventor Jason Gridley must seek help from his brilliant young protégé, Victory Harben. Together they recover timeworn records from deep in the ruins of a dead Mahar city, hoping to use knowledge of Pellucidar's former reptilian overlords to jumpstart the Gridley Wave. But when their experiment goes terribly wrong, Jason and Victory suddenly find themselves drawn into the inscrutable machinations of an ancient evil.

THE FIRST UNIVERSE OF ITS KIND

A century before the term "crossover" became a buzzword in popular culture, Edgar Rice Burroughs created the first expansive, fully cohesive literary universe. Coexisting in this vast cosmos was a pantheon of immortal heroes and heroines--Tarzan of the Apes, Jane Clayton, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Carson Napier, and David Innes being only the best known among them. In Burroughs' 80-plus novels, their epic adventures transported them to the strange and exotic worlds of Barsoom, Amtor, Pellucidar, Caspak, and Va-nah, as well as the lost civilizations of Earth and even realms beyond the farthest star. Now the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe expands in an all-new series of canonical novels written by today's talented authors!

SWORDS OF ETERNITY SUPER-ARC

When an unknown force catapults inventors Jason Gridley and Victory Harben from their home in Pellucidar, separating them from each other and flinging them across space and time, they embark on a grand tour of strange, wondrous worlds. As their search for one another leads them to the realms of Amtor, Barsoom, and other worlds even more distant and outlandish, Jason and Victory will meet heroes and heroines of unparalleled courage and ability: Carson Napier, Tarzan, John Carter, and more. With the help of their intrepid allies, Jason and Victory will uncover a plot both insidious and unthinkable--one that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of the universe...

The Swords of Eternity super-arc comes to our universe in a series of four interconnected novels:

Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds by Matt Betts

Tarzan: Battle for Pellucidar by Win Scott Eckert

John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten by Geary Gravel

Victory Harben: Fires of Halos by Christopher Paul Carey

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Matt Betts

Matt Betts, PhD, supports the development team in executing the design of new products and enhancements to existing products. He also delivers senior-level support to all SMD clients including on-going survey maintenance and development, performing advanced analytics, creating presentations, and presenting results.

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Christopher Paul Carey

Christopher Paul Carey is Vice President of Publishing and Creative Director of the ERB Universe at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. He is the author of the ERB Universe novel Victory Harben: Fires of Halos and Swords Against the Moon Men, an authorized sequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic science fantasy novel The Moon Maid. He has written several comic books set in Mr. Burroughs' worlds, including Pellucidar: Across Savage Seas and Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond. Carey has edited more than 100 novels, anthologies, and collections for a variety of publishers, and has had the honor of working with Mr. Burroughs' original hand-corrected typescripts of Beyond the Farthest Star and Beyond Thirty to prepare the text for the Restored Editions of those works. He lives in Southern California.

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