Conan: The Hour Of The Dragon - Softcover

Robert E. Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425036081 ISBN 13: 9780425036082

Publisher: Berkley Medallion, 1977

Synopsis

First book publication of this Conan tale, first serialized in Weird Tales in 1936/36.

About this title

Review:

Of the 21 Conan the Barbarian tales that Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) completed in his all-too-brief lifetime, Hour of the Dragon was the only novel-length story. It may also be the very best of the series, crafted when the legendary pulp writer was working at the height of his powers. Conan is a huge swordsman fighting both natural and supernatural foes in a time-lost world known as the Hyborian Age. At this point in his bloody career, Conan is the middle-aged king of the ancient kingdom of Aquilonia. He must fight one final battle to save the known world from a resurrected sorcerer named Xaltotun. Only the fabled Heart of Ahriman can destroy Xaltotun, and Conan must embark on an epic quest to retrieve the Heart. Howard hammered out every word as if he had actually lived through it himself, and in doing so forged a crimson masterpiece of heroic fantasy. (This novel has also been published as part of the formal Conan series as Conan the Conqueror.) --Stanley Wiater

About the Author:

Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was born and raised in rural Texas, the son of a pioneer physician. He began writing professionally at the age of fifteen and turned out dozens of tales of heroic and supernatural fantasy, featuring many memorable creations - including the character he is best remembered for: Conan of Cimmeria. These stories, mostly published in Weird Tales, won him a huge audience across the world and influenced a whole generation of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist. Sadly, Howard killed himself in June 1936 when he learned that his beloved mother had fallen into a coma.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Medallion
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0425036081
• ISBN 13: 9780425036082
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Illustrator: Ken W. Kelly