With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the
greatest action hero of the twentieth century--he also launched a genre
that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasn't the first
archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard's fertile imagination.
"He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch
of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan. . . . A
hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs,
protect all weaker things. . . . Wayward and restless as the wind, he
was consistent in only one respect--he was true to his ideals of justice
and right. Such was Solomon Kane."
Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist
Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling
saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they
constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches
from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white
man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and
bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women,
all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic's faith and a
warrior's savage heart.
**This edition also features exclusive story fragments, a biography of
Howard by scholar Rusty Burke, and "In Memoriam," H. P. Lovecraft's
moving tribute to his friend and fellow literary genius.
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