Conan the Destroyer

Author(s): Robert E. Howard

Sci-fi & Fantasy

Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories. Presented in chronological order over three books, all of Conan's life is here, from his wild adventures as a youth to the final tale of Conan the King. Howard's tales of the wanderer, the reaver, the thief, the Barbarian have never been surpassed. In this volume Conan learns the secrets of THE TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT and the ROGUES IN THE HOUSE, meets THE FROST-GIANT'S DAUGHTER and the QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST and visits THE VALE OF LOST WOMEN and THE BLACK COLOSSUS. A selection of other tales and fragments round out this new collection of a classic character.

General Information

  • : 9780575115002
  • : Orion Publishing Co
  • : Gollancz
  • : 0.255
  • : 30 September 2011
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 December 2011
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Robert E. Howard
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 813.52
  • : 368
  • : 2 Map(s)

More About The Product

The first in a new series of Conan reprints!

(1906-1936) Robert Erwin Howard was born and rasied in rural Texas, where he lived all his life. The son of a pioneer physician, he began writing professionally at the age of fifteen. Howard killed himself in June 1936 when he learned that his beloved mother had fallen into a coma.