One moment, Captain Ulysses Paxton was lying in one of the many trenches that littered the battle fields of Europe during World War 1, wounded, his legs useless, and the next he was transported through space to the inner courtyard of Ras Thavas, Master Mind of Mars. After a long apprenticeship to the greatest mind on Barsoom, his master's ghoulish trade in living human bodies drives him to revolt and attempt to save the woman he loves. Fighting savage beasts and overcoming impossible odds, he must confront the one woman he hates most, yet for the sake of his beloved Valla Dia, must not harm.....