Project Gutenberg 2020-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 136 Brackett, Leigh 1915 1978 Brackett, Leigh Douglass Hamilton, Leigh Brackett Queen of the Martian Catacombs Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1949 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Queen of the Martian Catacombs" by Leigh Brackett is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The story follows Eric John Stark, a rugged Earthman with ties to Mars, navigating a treacherous landscape filled with danger and intrigue as he seeks a path through Martian society and to a city known as Valkis. The narrative touches on themes of survival, power struggles, and Stark's complex relationship with a mystical and haunting woman named Berild. At the start of the tale, Stark finds himself pursued in the Martian desert, where he is forced to confront a group of officers from Earth Police Control who have come to bring him back into custody for past transgressions. The opening chapters introduce Stark’s fierce determination to remain free and his grim acceptance of the harsh realities of his life, which is shaped by both his Earth lineage and his upbringing among Martians. As he encounters old friends and former mentors like Simon Ashton, Stark unwittingly gets drawn into a brewing conflict between various factions in Mars, including the ambitions of the cunning Kynon and the seductive, enigmatic Berild. The stark environment, echoing with ancient Martian legends, sets the stage for Stark's tumultuous journey ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Stark, Eric John (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 153204 2025-06-25T09:09:20.744732 text/html 130977 2024-10-18T08:51:17 text/html 569263 2025-06-25T09:09:23.437771 application/epub+zip 571547 2025-06-25T09:09:21.241741 application/epub+zip 124124 2025-06-25T09:09:20.966739 application/epub+zip 631797 2025-06-25T09:09:25.206734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 623383 2025-06-25T09:09:23.184723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176400 2022-09-28T20:06:20.996437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143734 2023-09-27T09:28:01.828330 text/plain 123798 2024-10-18T08:51:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16599 2025-06-25T09:09:25.325723 application/rdf+xml 28038 2025-06-25T09:09:21.065763 image/jpeg 5244 2025-06-25T09:09:21.016735 image/jpeg 671093 2025-06-25T09:09:20.769797 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia