READ THE NOVEL- Chapters 1-31 - ERBzine

Tarzan on Mars
Well, and why should it not be possible? Was he not,
himself, the living proof that the thing could be done— again?
He was a mental creation—a man.
Here in this room, for many years, Tario had concentrated
upon a phantom woman of unimaginable beauty, hoping
to bring her into permanent reality even as Kar Komak had
been created.
Perhaps Tario had failed in this. But that did not matter
now. Necessary to the processes involved was just such a
perfect room as this, isolated and undisturbed. And now that
Kar Komak had it to himself, he would use it for the same
purpose!
Mental creation. A woman, who would share with him a
similar origin and know him alone in this world to call "My
Chieftain!"
The years of loneliness and despair ebbed away from Kar
Komak now like a might tide, leaving him shivering on the
rock of realization. He was weak with his own emotions. At
last, here was the solution to his longings!
Then he sobered. It would require years, and he would
have to train himself to patience. That door must remain
closed. Never could he look upon his phantom love until he
was sure that she would remain in life. To visit her before the
transformation had occurred would be to lose her forever.
He wondered if he would be equal to the temptation, or
would he go mad with waiting? He could go about his affairs
in the world as usual, but at least one hour out of each day he
would have to devote to concentration upon this hidden
chamber, implanting within it the enduring faith image of his
mental mate.
Today he would begin. He would spend the entire day
and night in concentration—upon her!
Then, he would depart in search of Tario...
All that day and far into the night, Kar Komak permitted
himself the luxury of concentrating on that which was of his
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