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Conan the Buccaneer

by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter


Published in Conan of the Isles, by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, Ace Books, Inc., NY (1970's)

Current Source: Conan of the Isles, by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, Ace Books, Inc., NY (1970's)

" -- And at the last, O Prince, there came to pass that which all the plots of Ascalante the Rebel had failed to bring about, and for which the grim shade of Xaltotun was conjured in vain from the mouldering dust of his Acherontic tomb, and which even the hell-spawned sorceries of Yah Chieng, the Yellow Wizard of nighted and demon-ridden Khitai failed to accomplish; and Conan of Aquilonia gave over the crown and the throne of the mightiest kingdom of all the West, and ventured forth into the Unknown, wherein he vanished forever from the knowledge of man."

The Nemedian Chronicles
After the events described in the volume Conan of Aquilonia, Conan's rule is for several years relatively peaceful. His old foes Thoth-Amon and King Yezdigerd are no more, and turbulent Zingara has been reduced to a quiet client kingdom under the rule of Conan's docile puppet. The savage Picts resent and resist the constant pressure against their forest fastness, but that is to be expected.

The event of these years that most affects Conan is the death of his queen, Zenobia, in childbirth. Thereafter, Conan finds the routine of a peaceful reign increasingly irksome. He haunts the royal library, finding in dusty scrolls and crumbling codices strange accounts of lands beyond the Western Ocean. He spends time with his children, but the yawning gap in age - he is in his sixties, while they are still infants and adolescents - makes it hard for him to reach any true intimacy with them. And then a sudden catastrophe shatters his mood of vague, half-resigned discontent ...

Chapters:

  1. Red Shadows
  2. The Black Heart of Golamira
  3. The Cup and Trident
  4. Scarlet Tortage
  5. The Black Kraken
  6. Magic Fire
  7. The Phantom Warriors
  8. The Casket from Atlantis
  9. Voyage on an Unknown Sea
  10. Dragon Fire
  11. Terrors of the Sea
  12. Lost City
  13. Thieves of Ptahuacan
  14. The Black Labyrinth
  15. Dungeun of Despair
  16. In the Dragon's Lair
  17. A Day of Blood and Fire
  18. Gates of Doom
  19. The Crystal Talisman
  20. Gods of Light and Darkness