Summary

Chapter 25, The Looting of Zodanga – John and his party continue on into the city where they come to the wedding ceremony of Sab Than and Dejah. John realizes Kantos must have failed in his assassination attempt. John then disrupts the ceremony as Tars and dozens of warriors appear in the city. A great battle breaks out in which the Zodanagan Jeddak is killed, along with Sab Than himself. Only Martians remain alive at the ruins of the ceremony when everything is done. Kantos is found alive, having been arrested and imprisoned before he could carry out his plan. Dejah is amazed that John has done so much, to which John responds that his motivation was always love for her. With Sab Than dead by hands other than John’s, Dejah is now free to be his. The two embrace and kiss.

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