The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

The tales contained in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian are 'The Phoenix on the Sword,' 'The Frost-Giant's Daughter,' 'The God in the Bowl,' 'The Tower of the Elephant,' 'The Scarlet Citadel,' 'Queen of the Black Coast,' 'Black Colossus,' 'Iron Shadows in the Moon,' 'Xuthal of the Dusk,' 'The Pool of the Black One,' 'Rogues in the House,' 'The Vale of Lost Women,' and 'The Devil in Iron. Here, too, is an unparalleled glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling style has been imitated by many yet equaled by none. Included are classics of dark fantasy like 'The Tower of the Elephant' and swashbuckling adventure like 'Queen of the Black Coast.' Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Collected in this volume are Howard's first thirteen Conan stories in their original versions and in the order Howard wrote them. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Along with classics of dark fantasy like The Tower of the Elephant and swashbuckling adventure like Queen of the Black Coast, The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian contains a wealth of material never before published in the United States, including the first submitted draft of Conan’s debut, Phoenix on the Sword, Howard’s. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand.to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.' In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. '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.

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard