The savage tales of Solomon Kane / Robert E. Howard ; illustrated by Gary Gianni.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, [2004]Edition: 1st American edDescription: xvi, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0345461509 (pbk.)
- 9780345461506 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Howard, Robert E | Available | 33111005708280 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Skulls in the stars -- The right hand of doom -- Red shadows -- Rattle of bones -- The castle of the devil -- Death's black riders -- The moon of skulls -- The one black stain -- The blue flame of vengeance -- The hills of the dead -- Hawk of Bas ti -- The return of Sir Richard Grenville -- Wings in the night -- The footfalls within -- The children Asherhur -- Solomon Kane's homecoming -- Solomon Kane's homecoming (variant).