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by Robert E. Howard
Originally published in Weird Tales, by Popular Fiction Publishing Co (December,
1934)
Reprinted Avon Fantasy Reader No. 10, (1955)
Reprinted in Conan the Barbarian, edited by L. Sprague de Camp, Pyramid
Publications, Inc., NY (1963)
Adapted in the B&W comic magazine The Savage Sword
of Conan No. 5, Marvel Comics Group, NY (April, 1975)
Current source: Conan the Freebooter, by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp,
published by Prestige Books, Inc., distributed by Ace Books, New York, NY (19??)
| Conan appropriates a stallion abandoned by one of the
Hyrkanian soldiers and heads back by land to the steppes of his kozak friends. But he
finds the kozaki still scattered. Yezdigred, now on the throne of Turan, is already
proving himself a far more astute and energetic ruler than his late sire. He is submerging
the fortunes and energies of would-br rivals in a program of imperialism, which will
eventually make him master of the greatest empire of the Hyborian Age. After some narrow escapes from the far-ranging Turanians, Conan reaches the small border kingdom of Khauran, between the eastern tip of Koth and the steppes and deserts over which the Turanians are methodically extending their control. Soon, Conan wins himself the command of the royal guard of Queen Taramis of Khauran. |
Chapters:
- The Blood Red Cresent
- The Tree of Death
- A Letter to Nemedia
- Wolves of the Desert
- The Voice from the Crystal
- The Vulture's Wings
