In the Courts of the Crimson Kings

American archaeologist Jeremy Wainman journeys to Mars to explore the long-dead cities of the Deep Beyond, joined by Martian mercenary Teyud Zha-Zhalt, linked to a deadly secret of a mysterious city where the last aging descendant of the Tollamune emperors holds the key to the Ancients that had created Martian civilization millions of years earlier. Reprint.