The Hour of the Dragon

by Robert E. Howard

Overview

A FICTION HOUSE PRESS BOOK:

Conan is King of Aquilonia. His enemies, through the use of a strange talismantic jewel known as the Heart of Ahriman, resurrect a sorceror of renown powers, Xaltotun. Conan is forced from his kingdom and begins his strenuous campaign to regain his throne. He travels alone through many exotic lands, experiencing a variety of exciting adventures, before he is ready to return to battle his usurper.

This book contains the original text as it first appeared in Weird Tales pulp magazine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987069839
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	05/09/2019
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Robert Ervin Howard (1906¿1936) wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard spent time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing—which he also wrote stories about. His tales of heroic & supernatural fantasy won him a huge audience across the world and influenced a whole generation of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist.