Pirates of Venus is the first book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the 'Carson Napier of Venus series') by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the last major series in Burroughs's career (The other major series were the Tarzan, Barsoom, and Pellucidar series). It was first serialized in six parts in Argosy in 1932 and published in book form two years later by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. The events occur on a fictionalized version of the planet Venus, known at 'Amtor' to its inhabitants. The Master Min