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Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantastic adventure, and the fate of kingdoms balances on the bloody blade of a fabulous hero: Conan of the iron thews, the blue-eyed barbarian giant who towers above the savage Hyborian world.

For the very first time in trade, this is the work that relaunched Conan in both the 1970s and 80s, back in print after more than a decade.

Table of Contents:

• 8 - Sagas of Conan (Map of the Hyborian Age) - interior artwork by Ellisa Mitchell
• 11 - Conan the Swordsman - (1978) - collection by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg?
• 153 - Conan the Liberator - (1979) - novel by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 245 - Hyborian Names - (1978) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 295 - Conan and the Spider God - (1980) - novel by L. Sprague de Camp

Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantastic adventure, and the fate of kingdoms balances on the bloody blade of a fabulous hero: Conan of the iron thews, the blue-eyed barbarian giant who towers above the savage Hyborian world.

Table of Contents:

• The Conan Saga - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Legions of the Dead - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The People of the Summit - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg
• Shadows in the Dark - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The Star of Khorala - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg
• The Gem in the Tower - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The Ivory Goddess - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• Moon of Blood - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• Hyborian Names - essay by L. Sprague de Camp

Aquilonia, once the proudest land in all of Hyboria, has fallen under the tyrannical reign of a mad king. As his brutal insanity sweeps the land, only one man dares stand against him: Conan the barbarian.

Conan becomes the leader of an army of rebels, brave warriors who thought their battles would be fought with spear and sword, axe and dagger. In this they were mistaken, for their greatest foe is not the army of Aquilonia, but the vile sorcerer Thulandra Thuu.

Dark clouds loom ahead for the people of Aquilonia, and only Conan can save them.

Conan is back, and at the top of his form!

SFWA Grand Master L. Sprague de Camp was revered in the genre of fantasy for both his fiction and nonfiction. Booklist praised his novel The Honorable Barbarian, saying: "The action is brisk, and the worlds and characters are described with de Camp's deft, light touch... thoroughly agreeable entertainment," while Kirkus Reviews said of The Pixilated Peeress "the unassuming style and verve of the telling keep the pages turning. Pure prose junk-food."

But more important, L. Sprague de Camp wrote Dark Valley Destiny, the definitive biography of Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard, leaving little wonder as to why Conan and the Spider God is considered one of the finest novels in the canon of Conan.

Son of a blacksmith, a former slave and thief, Conan the Cimmerian has risen to the rank of Captain of the Royal Guard. But as usual, trouble is his bedfellow.

Forced to kill while defending himself, Conan must flee the vengeance of the High Priest of Erlik. Foraging through field and forest, meeting friend and foe, Conan cuts a bloody swath through assassins and bounty hunters all the way to the sinister temple of Zath, where he encounters the huge and hideous Spider God. Facing certain death, Conan becomes both the hunter... and the hunted.

Conan and the Spider God is a thrilling adventure of the mighty barbarian, from one of the genre's most revered authors.

Conan the Barbarian is a novelization of the feature film of the same name.

OUT OF A DARK AGE COMES THE GREATEST WARRIOR OF ALL TIME...

In a land of darkling twilight, a world of ancient wizards and dazzling treasures of raging monsters and valiant warriors, the fate of kingdoms balances on his blade alone...

As a child he saw his parents slaughtered by the Snake Cult. In slavery he grew to mighty manhood, trained as a master swordsman and gladiator. As he slaved in chains he planned for freedom and murderous revenge. His day would come. For he was destined to become the warrior who would rule all...

Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN.

Peace had reigned in Aquilonia, but when his beloved Queen Zenobia is stolen before his very eyes, Conan, the great barbarian king, cannot rest until he saves her. And so the most stupendous hero of fantasy-adventure returns to the battlefield, matching his savage strength against the most monstrous forces of evil and doom.

Tales of Conan is a 1955 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The tales as originally written by Howard were adventure yarns mostly set in the Middle Ages; they were rewritten as Conan stories by de Camp, who also added the fantastic element.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: There'll Always Be a Conan - essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• Ghostly Note - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Blood-Stained God - short story
• Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette
• The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette
• The Flame Knife - novella

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - (1953) - essay by Robert E. Howard
• The Hyborian Age, Part 1 - (1936) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• The Thing in the Crypt - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Tower of the Elephant - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Hall of the Dead - (1967) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The God in the Bowl - (1952) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• Rogues in the House - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Hand of Nergal - novelette by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• The City of Skulls - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Curse of the Monolith - (1968) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The Bloodstained God - (1955) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• The Frost Giant's Daughter - (1953) - short story by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Lair of the Ice Worm - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• Queen of the Black Coast - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Vale of Lost Women - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• The Castle of Terror - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The Snout in the Dark - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• Black Colossus - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• A Witch Shall Be Born - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Conan the Wanderer is a 1968 collection of four fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Black Tears - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• Shadows in Zamboula - (1935) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Devil in Iron - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Flame Knife - (1955) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The People of the Black Circle - (1934) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• The Slithering Shadow - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• Drums of Tombalku - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Pool of the Black One - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

The hunt for a beautiful princess and a king's treasure bring Conan to the edge of the world, where he must battle the hell-fed powers of the sorcerer Thoth-Ammon.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Treasure of Tranicos - (1953) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• Wolves Beyond the Border - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Phoenix on the Sword - (1932) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Scarlet Citadel - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Table of Contetns

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Return of Conan - (1957) - novel by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Hyborian Age - (1936) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard

A vengeful Conan journeys from the dark forests of Gunderland to the ends of the earth in pursuit of Thoth-Amon and the evil wizards of the Black King who killed his son.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Witch of the Mists - (1972) - novelette
• Black Sphinx of Nebthu - (1973) - novelette
• Red Moon of Zembabwei - (1974) - novelette
• Shadows in the Skull - (1975) - novelette

As thief, pirate, mercenary, adventurer, chief of barbarous tribes and general in the armies of kings, Conan had ventured far and known adventure and marvel. But the adventure that started here, in the royal hall of justice in Tarantia was to be the strangest and most fantastic of all.

His life imperiled by the mistrust of a mad King, a haunted by the armies of every nation of the Hyborian Age, the mighty Cimmerian, Conan, in the small band of loyal followers flee to the grim Hayek's of the unmapped Ilbars Mountains, in search of a stronghold that they can make their own. Instead they find the midnight evil of the legendary Magus of the sons of Yezm and his assassin followers... And an even blacker horror spawned by the very hills themselves...

Rewritten edition of the 1955 novella of the same name.

CONAN in all his glory!

Amid the treachery of pirates, the intrigue of a doomed count, the fury of savage Picts, the flashing eyes and flowing hair of beautiful women, fierce swordplay and the deadly vengeance of a black magician, the greatest her Hyboria has ever known picks his way like a clever and deadly hunting cat. For Conan knows what he wants - and what he must do to get The Treasure of Tranicos.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - L. Sprague de Camp
• The Treasure of Tranicos - Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Trail of Tranicos - an essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Skald in the Post Oaks - an essay by L. Sprague de Camp

Introducing Conan - heroic fantasy's mightiest adventurer from the wilds of Cimmeria

Thief, pirate, mercenary, warrior and general, he stands invincible - even when the full forces of the supernatural are unleashed against him.Set in the imaginary Hyborian age between the sinking of Atlantis and the beginnings of recorded history, these four stories of the exploits of this larger-than-life hero are the ultimate in tales of swashbuckling The People of the Black Circle*, The Slithering Shadow*, The Pool of the Black One*, Drums of Tombalku

The Conan stories... are unsurpassed for vivid, colourful, headlong, gripping action.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1966) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 11 - The People of the Black Circle - (1934) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• 89 - The Slithering Shadow - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 122 - Drums of Tombalku - (1966) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 165 - The Pool of the Black One - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Chancing upon a magnificent city in the middle of an empty plain, Conan and Valeria of the Red Brotherhood encounter two warring clans carrying out a bloody feud with black magic and wizardry.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 11 - Red Nails - (1936) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• 92 - Jewels of Gwahlur - (1935) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 136 - Beyond the Black River - (1935) - novella by Robert E. Howard

Seven of the most exciting and fantastic adventures ever created! The unforgettable tales of the mighty Conan.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - (1953) - essay by Robert E. Howard
• 19 - The Hyborian Age, Part 1 - (1967) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Hyborian Age 1938)
• 29 - The Thing in the Crypt - (1967) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 43 - The Tower of the Elephant - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 69 - The Hall of the Dead - (1967) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 91 - The God in the Bowl - (1952) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• 111 - Rogues in the House - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 137 - The Hand of Nergal - (1967) - novelette by Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard
• 160 - The City of Skulls - (1967) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

When the dreaded Brylukas of Zaporaskan legend--deadly hybrids of man, beast, and demon--threaten invasion, even the sword of Conan may not be enough to stop them.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 51 - Black Colossus - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 92 - Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 128 - The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 159 - A Witch Shall Be Born - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Eight swashbuckling adventures of Conan - Cimmeria's mighty barbarian

Conan is the gigantic barbarian from the Hyborian Age who brawls and battles his way across the prehistoric world to rise at last to the throne of a mighty realm.

Slave, thief and now a mercenary soldier in the armies of Turan, he embarks on his most hazardous adventures yet.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1969) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - The Curse of the Monolith - (1968) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Conan and the Cenotaph)
• 33 - The Bloodstained God - (1956) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Blood-Stained God 1955)
• 54 - The Frost Giant's Daughter - (1969) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 65 - The Lair of the Ice Worm - (1969) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 83 - Queen of the Black Coast - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 121 - The Vale of Lost Women - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• 142 - The Castle of Terror - (1969) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 163 - The Snout in the Dark - (1969) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Under a sentence of death for his part in the winning the war for Aquilonia, Conan escapes from the jealous king intent on killing him and plots his revenge.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 12 - The Treasure of Tranicos - (1953) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 97 - Wolves Beyond the Border - (1967) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 139 - The Phoenix on the Sword - (1932) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 163 - The Scarlet Citadel - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Man, monster or demon. Conan would fight them all. Fear was unknown to the gigantic barbarian whose deeds of valour and bloody battle-skills made him a living legend.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 13 - Black Tears - (1968) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 40 - Shadows in Zamboula - (1935) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 73 - The Devil in Iron - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 106 - The Flame Knife - (1955) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Conan abdicates the throne of Aquilonia, after twenty years of rule, and sails west beyond the known realms of Hyboria towards the Isles of Antillia. There, he must combat the growing power of the demon-god Xotli.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 21 - Conan of the Isles - (1968) - novel by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

The ruler of a peaceful Aquilonia, Conan must match his sword once again against the dark forces of evil sorcery to save his beloved Zenobia from her kidnappers.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - The Return of Conan - (1957) - novel by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg?
• 174 - The Hyborian Age - (1938) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard

In search of treasure and a beautiful princess Conan set sail for the unknown. His hunt took him to devil-ridden lands, where he must battle with the demonic powers of Thoth-Ammon. It was a fight the Cimmerian relished. Crom! A man could die but once. Enough to combat the terror when one met it with steel in the hand and battle madness in the heart. He, Conan, would take his chances on the Nameless Isle, ahead of him on the rim of the world!

Table of Contents:

• 9 - An Introduction by Lin Carter: Buccaneers and Black Magicians - (1971) - essay by Lin Carter
• 17 - Conan the Buccaneer - (1971) - novel by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

Mighty Conan returns - for an epic fight-to-the-death in the cruel lair of Thoth-Ammon!

Hunting the swift-running stag and the tusked boar in the gloomy forests of the Gunderland Marches, Conan loses his son Conn to Thoth-Ammon and the supremely evil wizards of the Black Ring.

His giant heart cries "VENGEANCE!" as the barbarian king hones the sword that has touched so many with the bitter kiss of death. Soon he is ready. Ready for a deadly pursuit to the very ends of the earth, for the final titanic battle whith his greatest and most fiendish enemy!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1977) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Witch of the Mists - (1972) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• Black Sphinx of Nebthu - (1973) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• Red Moon of Zembabwei - (1974) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• Shadows in the Skull - (1975) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

Conan is back, and at the top of his form!

SFWA Grand Master L. Sprague de Camp was revered in the genre of fantasy for both his fiction and nonfiction. Booklist praised his novel The Honorable Barbarian, saying: "The action is brisk, and the worlds and characters are described with de Camp's deft, light touch... thoroughly agreeable entertainment," while Kirkus Reviews said of The Pixilated Peeress "the unassuming style and verve of the telling keep the pages turning. Pure prose junk-food."

But more important, L. Sprague de Camp wrote Dark Valley Destiny, the definitive biography of Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard, leaving little wonder as to why Conan and the Spider God is considered one of the finest novels in the canon of Conan.

Son of a blacksmith, a former slave and thief, Conan the Cimmerian has risen to the rank of Captain of the Royal Guard. But as usual, trouble is his bedfellow.

Forced to kill while defending himself, Conan must flee the vengeance of the High Priest of Erlik. Foraging through field and forest, meeting friend and foe, Conan cuts a bloody swath through assassins and bounty hunters all the way to the sinister temple of Zath, where he encounters the huge and hideous Spider God. Facing certain death, Conan becomes both the hunter... and the hunted. Conan and the Spider God is a thrilling adventure of the mighty barbarian, from one of the genre's most revered authors.

Aquilonia, once the proudest land in all of Hyboria, has fallen under the tyrannical reign of a mad king. As his brutal insanity sweeps the land, only one man dares stand against him: Conan the barbarian.

Conan becomes the leader of an army of rebels, brave warriors who thought their battles would be fought with spear and sword, axe and dagger. In this they were mistaken, for their greatest foe is not the army of Aquilonia, but the vile sorcerer Thulandra Thuu.

Dark clouds loom ahead for the people of Aquilonia, and only Conan can save them.

The iconic hero of the Hyborian Age returns in this volume of classic fantasy adventure stories.

Sometime after the fall of Atlantis, a great hero was born on a battlefield, destined to defend his people against angry gods and merciless demons. His name was Conan, and his exploits are legend.

This volume collects eight classic Conan stories and an essay on the work of Conan creator Robert E. Howard. These stories from renowned fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp, and co-written with Lin Carter and Bjorn Nyberg, relaunched Conan as a popular hero in the 1970s.

Table of Contents:

• 8 - Conan the Swordsman (map) - interior artwork by Ellisa Mitchell
• 11 - The Conan Saga - (1978) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 21 - Legions of the Dead - (1978) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 42 - The People of the Summit - (1978) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg?
• 56 - Shadows in the Dark - (1978) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 82 - The Star of Khorala - (1978) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg?
• 109 - The Gem in the Tower - (1978) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 134 - The Ivory Goddess - (1978) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 155 - Moon of Blood - (1978) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 190 - Hyborian Names - (1978) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp

Table of Contents:

• 3 - Conan - (1967) - anthology by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 189 - Conan of Cimmeria - (1969) - anthology by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 373 - Conan the Freebooter - (1968) - collection by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Table of Contents:

• Conan the Adventurer - (1966) - collection by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• Conan the Wanderer - (1968) - anthology by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• Conan the Buccaneer - (1971) - novel by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp