Lankar Of Callisto

When fantasy author Lin Carter falls through a mystical portal to the jungle moon Callisto, he embarks on a thrilling interplanetary adventure. Befriending a loyal beast called Bozo and a young warrior named Taran, Carter battles vastodons, joins the crew of a mighty sky-ship fleet, and infiltrates the lair of the sinister Mind Wizards. With new friends Jandar and Glypto, Carter strives to defeat the wizardly foe and unlock the secrets of Callisto before returning home. This suspenseful tale blends science fantasy and sword-and-sorcery for an exhilarating extraterrestrial escapade.

Jonathan Dark, an airplane pilot transporting medical supplies in Southeast Asia, is forced down in the jungles of Cambodia, where he slides into a well and teleports to another world.

On Earth, life held for him only the fate of a recluse--confined to daydreams and the lore of ancient wonders but apparently destined never to share them--until he found the formula that let him cross space to the world of the Green Star. There, appearing in the body of a fabled hero, he is to experience all that his heroid fantasies had yearned for. A princess to be saved . . . an invader to be thwarted . . . and otherworldly monsters to be faced! A thrilling adventure in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as only Lin Carter can tell it! This edition includes an afterword by Lin Carter.

THE CLASSIC FANTASY SERIES FROM THE CO-AUTHOR OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN! At the height of the Vietnam War, Jon Dark is a helicopter pilot for the International Red Cross, flying numerous rescue missions...until the day his helicopter crashes in the Cambodian jungles. Cut off from American troops, he searches for a way out, only to find a lost city -- and the gateway to another world. Stepping through the portal, he arrives on Callisto -- a savage, hostile world terrorized by insect-men and the infamous Sky Pirates of Zanadar. It is a world of black and crimson jungles where Jon Dark -- now known as Jandar -- finds not only chilling dangers awaiting him, but also the love of a beautiful princess. Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was a prolific American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin. He is best known for editing the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in the 1970s, which introduced readers to many overlooked classics of the fantasy genre. Unknown to many of his fans is the fact that Carter was a major scripter for ABC's original Spider-Man animated TV show during its moody, fantasy-oriented second season in 1968-69.

Zarouk. aging warrior amd grandfather to young Kadji, imployed the boy to dethrone Prince Yakthodah, vile impostor-heir to the throne of the Dragon Emperor. On Haral, his faithful black Feridoon pony, and with beautiful, redhaired Thyra at his side, Kadji rose East to vanquish his foe--knowing full well that if he failed to kill Yakthodah, he would be branded coward--and worse

Far from his adopted home, the Golden City of Shondakor, Koja, self-exiled insectoid of the Yathoon Horde, has blundered into the savage land he had renounced, accompanied only by little Taran, ward of Prince Jandar. Lost in the treacherous scarlet plains, the two are hurled to separate, unnamable fates - Taran forsaken in shackles, along with the lovely Princess Xara, while the renegade Koja is locked on a perilous course of vengeance for the evils done to his clan. All destinies collide at the Great Yathoon Games in the hidden valley of Sargol - the impenetrable citadel girdled by a seething mote of flames.

Jonathan Dark, or Jandar, is mysteriously transported from Earth to the Jovian moon of Callisto (or Thanator), and has succeeded in freeing the city of Shondakar from the occupying Black Legion and the opportunistic Zandaharian Sky Pirates. The only problem is that Shondakar's rightful ruler, the princess Darloona, has been abducted by the fleeing Prince Thuton of Zandahar. To free her, Jandar takes one of the Sky Pirates' captured airships to raid the enemy city.