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Conan of Aquilonia

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1977
2021
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The Witch of the Mists
1 - The Thing that Fled
2 - The Faceless Men
3 - Runes of Blood
4 - The White Hand
5 - Phantom from the Past
6 - Beyond Skull Gate
7 - The Witch-woman
8 - Adept of the Black Ring
9 - Night of Blood and Fire
Black Sphinx of Nebthu
1 - Place of Skulls
2 - Destiny in White
3 - The March of the Styx
4 - Beyond Death River
5 - The City of Tombs
6 - The Thing that Crouched in the Waste
7 - Shadows with Eyes
8 - That Which Fled in the Night
9 - Red Swords of Stygia
10 - White Druid and Black Magician
11 - From the Black Gate
12 - The Black Beast Slays
Red Moon of Zembabwei
1 - Green Hell
2 - Black-Winged Terror
3 - From Time's Dawn
4 - The Topless Towers
5 - The Skull Throne
6 - The Pits of Zembabwei
7 - A Tale of Two Kings
8 - Through the Black Gate
9 - Red Moon
10 - The Slithering One
11 - Moon of Blood
12 - Death in the Night
Shadow in the Skull
1 - Visions in Smoke
2 - A Flight of Dragons
3 - Land of Illusions
5 - Golden Wine
6 - Children of the Serpent
7 - The Skull-Faced Man
8 - At the Edge of the World
9 - Requiem for a Sorcerer
10 - Swords Against Shadows
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A series of books about Conan the Cimmerian written by Robert E Howard, L Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.  This is the core series of books which are all from or based on stories or notes by Robert E Howard.

1) Conan
2) Conan of Cimmeria
3) Conan the Freebooter
4) Conan the Wanderer
5) Conan the Adventurer
6) Conan the Buccaneer
7) Conan the Warrior
8) Conan the Usurper
9) Conan the Conqueror
10) Conan the Avenger
11) Conan of Aquilonia
12) Conan of the Isles
Copyright © 1977 by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
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The sun, hidden by the heavy overcast, was nearing the western horizon.
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Chapter 4 of Shadow in the Skull is not in the copy of the book I have....
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Conan snatched up the copper bowl.  The heat remaining in it seared his fingers, but he flung the huge vessel to the first rank of the charging Witchmen.  They went down in a tangle of arms and legs.  Conan whirled in time to see the mighty black fade from view in a second flare of soundless green fire.  That magic, it seemed, could bridge the vast distances of space between frigid Hyperborea and far, jungled Zembabwei.  It was obvious that the adepts had used much the same method to travel here in the first place.

"Cimmerian!"

Something in the tone of that lisping voice froze Conan.  He turned his head.

The Kambujan was a sorry sight.  His fantastic jewel covered robes were black with soot, ripped and torn His gem-encrusted crown had fallen away, revealing his shaven skull.  His face was hideously blackened and blistered.  But through the seared mask his eyes blazed with deadly power into Conan's.

One hand, covered with burns, blisters, and glittering rings, was extended.  But a weird force flashed from the tense, quivering fingers to bathe the mighty Cimmerian.

Conan gasped.  His flesh numbed as if he had been suddenly plunged into the depths of an icy river.  Paralysis seized his limbs.

Setting his teeth, he struggled against the spell with all his might.  His face blackened with effort; his eyes bulged in their sockets.  Then the tension drained from him.  He was frozen into immobility, and all his giant strength could not break the spell.

Crouched amidst the coals, the little Kambujan smiled, although his burned face winced at the movement of seared lips.  Unholy glee blazed in his cold, ophidian eyes.

Slowly he extended his arm to its full length, mumbling strange words of power.

Pain ripped through Conan's mighty heart.  Darkness swept about him, sucking him down.

And then, with a sharp thud, the vaned butt of a crossbow bolt appeared, protruding from the side of Pra-Eun's shaven skull.  The rest of the missile was buried in the Kambujan's brain.  The cold black eyes glazed and went dull.

 

Added: 30-Jul-2019
Last Updated: 28-Sep-2024

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 01-Apr-1977
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Apr-1977
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$1.95
Pages*:
171
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Reading(s):
1)   15 Jan 2021 - 25 Jan 2021
Internal ID:
13143
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-441-11682-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-441-11682-9
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Boris Vallejo  - Cover Artist
CONAN
OF AQUILONIA

Mighty Conan in a fight to the
death against the most dangerous
fiends of the Hyborian Age!


Hunting the swift stag and the tusked boar in the gloomy forests of the Gunderland Marches, Conan loses his son Conn to Thoth-Amon and the supremely evil wizards of the Black Ring - and is drawn into a deadly pursuit to the very ends of the earth, and a battle to the deepest levels of his endurance.

CONAN OF AQUILONIA - the tale of fantasy's most powerful hero, at the height of his reign, and his final confrontation with his greatest enemy!
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Author(s)

 Lin Carter
Birth: 09 Jun 1930 St. Petersburg, Florida, US
Death: 07 Feb 1988 Montclair, New Jersey, US

Notes:
Lin Carter (June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was born and raised in St Petersburg, Florida.  He later returned there after serving in the US Army  in the Korean Conflict where he received a Purple Heart.  He moved to New  York City and attended Columbia University in 1953 and 1954.  He worked as  a copywriter for law firms, ad agencies, and book publishers.  In 1969 he  became a full-time writer, editor and anthologist of fantasy & science  fiction until his death in February 7, 1988.

Fantasy was Carter's great favorite genre and the most of his writings were about "Swords and Sorcery".  He began writing stories while in high school with L Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs and J.R.R. Tolkien being his major influences.

Lin became an editor at Ballantine Books where he reprinted many of his earlier works.  Dell and DAW also published a lot of Lin Carter's stories.

 L Sprague de Camp
Birth: 27 Nov 1907 New York City, New York, USA
Death: 06 Nov 2000 Plano, Texas, USA

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