People of the Talisman
People of the Talisman is a science fantasy novel by American writer Leigh Brackett, set on the planet Mars, whose protagonist is Eric John Stark. This story was first published under the title "Black Amazon of Mars" in the pulp magazine "Planet Stories", March 1951. In 1964, after a total revision and expansion, it was republished as "People of the Talisman", as one part of an Ace Double novel; its companion was another expanded Eric John Stark story, "The Secret of Sinharat". The expansion has sometimes been attributed to Brackett's husband, Edmond Hamilton For "People  of the Talisman", there may be some internal evidence to support this suggestion. In 1982, it appeared, again together with "The Secret of Sinharat", under the title "Eric John Stark, Outlaw of Mars". In 2005 the original Planet Stories version was republished in "Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories", Volume 46 in the Gollancz "Fantasy Masterworks" series. It appeared the same year in the collection "Stark and the Star Kings" (Haffner Press).