Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris #5

In "The Dagger of Mortus," Dejah Thoris defies her father’s orders to stay behind and secretly follows Gunbor to Zodanga, where they infiltrate the house of Xam Lin to uncover the truth behind a series of assassinations targeting Helium’s leaders. With the help of Tok Nur and the enigmatic Tardos Mors, Dejah and Gunbor must navigate a web of deception among rival assassins, including the elusive Mors Kajak, Fal-Ez, Mal-Ez, and the mysterious Xam Lin, all while the shadow of Mortus looms ever closer.

In "Assassin's Guild," Dejah Thoris goes deep undercover in Zodanga, posing as a prostitute to infiltrate the criminal empire of Mortus. When she’s captured by the enigmatic Vas Argus, she’s stunned to discover that her old foe Senneth Dor is behind the mask, using stolen minds to build a terrifying army of machine men—and that her companion Gunbor has already fallen into his clutches.

In "The Machine Men," Dejah Thoris faces a chilling threat when Senneth Dor, once a trusted ally, turns his twisted genius toward creating a mechanical army—beginning with her own severed head. As Vas Argus and the remnants of the city’s fractured factions rally to stop him, Gunbor’s loyalty is tested in a desperate bid to save his princess. With the help of the crime families of Rak Nar and Xam Lin, Dejah must outwit Dor’s growing legion before his vision of a mechanized empire becomes unstoppable.

In "A Princess of Yorn," Dejah Thoris and Kantos Kan are dispatched to rescue the young Jeddara Tash Lia from assassination, only to find her a defiant child of privilege. When their ship is downed by the feared assassin Boll-Rem, the pair must flee into the desert and seek shelter in a forgotten city—where they soon face a deadly ambush from monstrous rat creatures.

In "The White Cavemen of Mars," Dejah Thoris, Kantos Kan, and Tash Lia flee into a treacherous underground cavern to escape giant rats and the relentless assassin Boll-Rem—only to stumble upon a hidden tribe of primitive, pale-skinned warriors who are as savage as they are strange. Trapped and facing a horrifying fate, Tash’s desperate choice to leap from a cliff rather than be captured forces Boll-Rem to confront his own code of honor, even as he’s bound by his contract to kill her.