The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian: Book One-Fast Shipping

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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 . . . therewas an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like bluemantles beneath the stars. . . . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired,sullen-eyed, sword in hand . . . to tread
the jeweled thrones of the Earth underhis sandalled feet.”

In a meteoriccareer that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Howardsingle-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collectedin this volume, profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are Howard’s firstthirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions–in some cases for thefirst time in more than seventy years–and in the order Howard wrote them. Along withclassics of dark fantasy like “The Tower of the Elephant” and swashbuckling adventurelike “Queen of the Black Coast,” The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian contains a wealthof material never before published in the United States, including the first submitteddraft of Conan’s debut, “Phoenix on the Sword,” Howard’s synopses for “The ScarletCitadel” and “Black Colossus,” and a map of Conan’s world drawn by the author himself.

Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daringthief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Here, too,is an unparalleled glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling stylehas been imitated by many, yet equaled by none.