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The definitive edition of Conan, featuring every story published in Robert E. Howard's lifetimeArranged in what contemporary scholars consider the preferred reading order, this exhaustive new collection of Conan stories covers every piece that Robert E. Howard published in the thirties, and includes his essay on the world of Conan, The Hyborean Age. The perfect starting place for anyone interested in one of the greatest heroic characters of all time, Conan has been...

In "The Lost Race", Cororuc, a lone adventurer, stumbles upon the ruins of an ancient civilization hidden deep within a cave. As he explores the eerie site, he uncovers a horrifying secret about the long-lost race that once inhabited the land, confronting him with a terrifying glimpse into their dark legacy.

Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created–a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.“Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities . . . there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. . . . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired,...

In an ancient, mythic past, Niord, a fierce warrior and reincarnation of a timeless spirit, recalls his former life battling an unspeakable evil in a cursed valley. There, he faces a colossal, god-like worm worshipped by savage tribes—a creature born of primordial darkness. Blending heroic fantasy with cosmic horror, "The Valley of the Worm" is a gripping tale of bravery, sacrifice, and the eternal struggle against ancient evils.

Revised and updated edition with custom illustrations!Join Conan on his many adventures from mercenary and thief to king as he smites demons, fights wizards, battles against all odds, journeys to exotic lands, loves and lusts, uncovers hidden mysteries, and always refuses to yield!This epic collection contains 18 of Robert E. Howard's stories about Conan the Barbarian.These stories were originally published in Weird Tales magazine between 1...

The story is set in the fictional Hyborian Age and follows Conan as he ventures beyond the civilized lands of the Hyborian kingdoms into the untamed wilderness known as the Black River region. The story explores the conflict between the settlers of the frontier town of Conajohara and the Picts, a savage and hostile tribe that inhabits the surrounding lands.Conan, serving as a scout for the settlers, finds himself embroiled in a desperate struggle for survival against the Picts. The story d...

"Red Shadows" by Robert E. Howard introduces Solomon Kane, a grim, relentless Puritan adventurer. In this tale, Kane pursues a ruthless bandit across continents, driven by a deep sense of justice. Along the way, he encounters dark forces and treacherous landscapes. The story is a mix of action, vengeance, and supernatural elements, capturing Kane's unwavering moral code and fierce combat skills in a thrilling, high-stakes chase.

In the last of the Conan stories to be published, there is no end to the action and adventure. He pursues a beautiful former pirate, fights a dinosaur, discover an ancient city, and so much more, as Howard leads the reader through a labyrinth of unexpected twist plots.

With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action hero of the twentieth century—he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasn’t the first archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard’s fertile imagination.“He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan. . . . A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, ...

"Red Nails" is the last of the stories featuring Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its dark themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore while also cited by...

Here are Robert E. Howard’s greatest horror tales, all in their original, definitive versions.Some of Howard’s best-known characters—Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them—roam the forbidding locales of the author’s fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa.The collection includes Howard’s masterpiece “Pigeons from Hell,”which Stephen King...

The immortal legacy of Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Cimmerian, continues with this latest compendium of Howard’s fiction and poetry. These adventures, set in medieval-era Europe and the Near East, are among the most gripping Howard ever wrote, full of pageantry, romance, and battle scenes worthy of Tolstoy himself. Most of all, they feature some of Howard’s most unusual and memorable characters, including Cormac FitzGeoffrey, a half-Irish, half-Norman man of war who follows Richa...