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Probably more like a 4.5 or 4.75 . . .For this volume we're back to first-person narration, but it's not John Carter -- it's Ulysses Paxton, another Earth man who makes his way to Barsoom from the trenches of WWI-era Europe. Paxton already has a basic familiarity with Barsoom because he's read ERB's previous books, although he thought they were fiction. (Burroughs was meta before meta was a thing.)This is an interesting installment -- it has much more of a science fictional feel to it than other volumes (well, a 1920's SF feel), what with elaborate medical procedures up to and including brain transplants. There's also relatively little swordplay. As always, though, there's more adventure, intrigue, and True Love at First Sight than you can shake a stick at.