Robert E Howard

Conan the Barbarian by Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian - Warrior, Hero, Legend. Conan - Black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer... Discover how it all began. Conan the Barbarian spawned a hundred imitators. Find out why with these tales from his life. From the Tower of the Elephant to Beyond the Black River, follow Robert E. Howard's greatest creation as he cuts a bloody swathe through the history of Hyborea. Over 720 pages of epic action! All the original stories. "A hero of mythic proportion, fashioned by a storyteller who helped define what a modern fantasy should be" - Raymond E. Feist.

Conan the Barbarian

The Slithering Shadow (also known as Xuthal of the Dusk) is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in the Weird Tales magazine. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan finding a lost city in a remote desert and encountering therein a Lovecraftian-esque demon known as Thog.

The Slithering Shadow

Also published under the title The Lame Man.

Lord of Samarcand

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The Slithering Shadow Xuthal of the Dusk

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Old Adam Farrel lay dead in the house wherein he had lived alone for the last twenty years. A silent, churlish recluse, in his life he had known no friends, and only two men had watched his passing… little did they know the Fearsome Touch of Death has not left the house…

The Fearsome Touch of Death

Solomon Kane is the famous hero created by Robert E. Howard (who also created Conan). Kane is a puritan warrior from the 17th century armed with a rapier and flintlock pistols, and he is in a personal life quest to vanquish evil creatures from the world. This is a selection of all the main stories written by Howard himself in chronological order: Red Shadows, Skulls in the Stars, Rattle of Bones, The Moon of Skulls, Hills of the Dead, The Footfalls Within, and Wings in the Night. They are brought to you in an official edition without changes, external footnotes, introductions, prologues, or any other interruption to the original stories. The best stories of Solomon Kane.

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Solomon Kane, The Main Stories

Conan is besieged by enemies! Xaltotun, an ancient sorcerer attacks the Kingdom of Aquilonia! The only way to defeat him is to retrieve the Heart of Ahriman!

The Hour of the Dragon

While traveling in the Black Forrest Kane meets a traveler named Gaston L'Armon, who seems familiar to Kane together they visit the Cleft Skull Tavern…

Rattle of Bones

"Once the sword was drawn there was no turning back; for blood called for blood, and vengeance followed swift on the heels of atrocity." Four classic Conan the Barbarian epics, with Robert E Howard's sword and sorcery legend battling beasts, demons, dragons and his own restless ambition as he fights his way through the savage kingdoms of the Hyborian Age.This collection contains: - Red Nails, Gods of the North, Beyond the Black River and Jewels of Gwahlur. A sword and sorcery classic from Wyldblood Press.

Classic Sword and Sorcery

Book Excerpt: ng east.Chapter II: The Cast of An AxWhite dawn surged out of the Orient to break in rose-red billows on the hills of Outremer. The rich tints softened the rugged outlines, deepened the blue wastes of the sleeping desert.The castle of the baron Conrad Von Gonler frowned out over a wild and savage waste. Once a stronghold of the Seljuk Turks, its metamorphosis into the manor of a Frankish lord had abated none of the Eastern menace of its appearance. The walls had been strengthened and a barbican built in place of the usual wide gates. Otherwise the keep had not been altered.Now in the dawn a grim, dark figure rode up to the deep, waterless moat which encircled the stronghold, and smote with iron-clad fist on hollow-ringing shield until the echoes reverberated among the hills. A sleepy man-at-arms thrust his head and his pike over the wall above the barbican and bellowed a challenge.The lone rider threwRead More

The Hawks of Outremer

Book Excerptng east.Chapter II: The Cast of An AxWhite dawn surged out of the Orient to break in rose-red billows on the hills of Outremer. The rich tints softened the rugged outlines, deepened the blue wastes of the sleeping desert.The castle of the baron Conrad Von Gonler frowned out over a wild and savage waste. Once a stronghold of the Seljuk Turks, its metamorphosis into the manor of a Frankish lord had abated none of the Eastern menace of its appearance. The walls had been strengthened and a barbican built in place of the usual wide gates. Otherwise the keep had not been altered.Now in the dawn a grim, dark figure rode up to the deep, waterless moat which encircled the stronghold, and smote with iron-clad fist on hollow-ringing shield until the echoes reverberated among the hills. A sleepy man-at-arms thrust his head and his pike over the wall above the barbican and bellowed a challenge.The lone rider threw

Legendary storyteller Robert E. Howard's stories of shape-shifting beings collected into one epic omnibus edition with notes and introduction.

Stories of Shape-Shifting

Bran Mak Morn, King of the Picts, vows revenge on the Roman governor after witnessing the crucifixion of a fellow Pict. He seeks forbidden aid from the Worms of the Earth, a race of creatures who Bran Mak Morn's ancestors had banished from the surface of the earth…

Worms of the Earth

The third collection of Robert E. Howard's fantasy work, from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales and its rival Strange Tales, features more classic fiction and poetry from Howard's prime writing years. Gathered here are stories with such enduring and popular characters as Solomon Kane, Turlogh Dubh and Comac of Connacht. Other highlights include "The Black Stone," considered by many to be Howard's finest excursion into Lovecraftian horror; "The Horror from the Mound," a vampire story set in Texas; and "People of the Dark," a precursor to the Conan stories which ultimately made Howard famous.

People of the Dark Illustrated

In Africa again, Kane comes across an entire village wiped out, and all of the roofs have been ripped off, as if by something attempting to get inside from above.

Wings in the Night

"The Black Stone" is a horror short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, first published in the November 1931 issue of Weird Tales. The story introduces the mad poet Justin Geoffrey and the fictitious Unaussprechlichen Kulten by Friedrich von Junzt

The Black Stone Illustrated

Conan

Agnès! Ditt rödhåriga djävulsyngel, var är du?" Det var min far som kallade på mig på sitt vanliga sätt. Jag strök bort några svettiga hårtestar ur ansiktet och baxade upp bunten med pinnar på axeln. Det fanns inte plats för vila i mitt liv. Far banade väg genom buskaget och kom in i gläntan. Han var lång, mager och bitter, brunbränd efter många fälttåg och märkt av ärr efter tjänstgöring hos giriga kungar och snikna hertigar. Han blängde bistert på mig och om sanningen ska fram så skulle jag knappast ha känt igen honom på något annat sätt. * * * Agnès de Chastillon växte upp under hårda förhållanden på landet i 1500-talets Frankrike. Pryglad av sin far och tvingad till äktenskap med en man som hon avskyr flyr hon dramatiskt från sin by. Hon hamnar i händerna på män som inte har helt oskyldiga avsikter med den unga kvinnan. En tänker att sälja henne till ett horhus medan en annan lär henne strida med svärd. På bara några veckor tvingas Agnès att bryskt växa upp och snart är hon ett beryktat namn i Frankrike. * * * Robert E Howard är känd för sina berättelser om Conan barbaren som kom att bli stilbildande inom fantasy-genren sword and sorcery. Men Howard skrev också deckare och historiska äventyr, där dessa om Agnès de Chastillon kom att publiceras först över fyrtio år efter hans död, och nu för första gången på svenska.

Kvinnan med svärd

Agnès de Chastillon

Skramlet av svärd dog bort, skriken från striden upphörde och tystnaden bredde ut sig över den blodiga snön. Den bleka solen blänkte nu i sönderhuggna harnesk och brutna vapen i högarna av döda kroppar. Stilla händer greppade fortfarande om trasiga vapen, buckliga hjälmar satt på sned på livlösa huvuden och ansikten tittade tomt upp mot himmelen - som i en sista bön till frostjätten Ymir. Genom drivorna av de rustningsklädda kropparna rörde sig två män mot varandra. I den oerhörda förödelsen var detta den enda rörelsen. Deras sköldar var förlorade och deras harnesk buckliga. Blod färgade deras kläder och svärdsklingorna var röda. * * * Så inleder Robert E. Howard Conans äventyr i den hyboriska tidsåldern. I Krönikan om Hyboria presenteras Robert E. Howards berättelser om Conan i den ordning de anses har inträffat enligt Dale Rippkes akademiska studie. * * * Robert E Howard skrev många noveller och kortare kapitelberättelser om Conan. Krönikan om Hyboria innehåller: Frostjättens dotter Guden i grytan Elefantens torn Tjuvar i huset Skuggor i månljuset Svarta kolossen Drottningen av Svarta kusten

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