Conan’s Brethren
Aug 12th, 2009 by Crom
I just ordered my copy of Conan’s Brethren from Amazon, the companion volume to the previously released volume The Complete Chronicles of Conan, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
This new volume of course includes stories from some of Robert E. Howard’s lesser known (at least in comparison to Conan) characters, such as Solomon Kane, Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Black Turlogh, and others. While the characters may be lesser known, the quality of writing is still there, and characters such as Solomon Kane, as well as stories such as The Dark Man, are among some of my most favorite of all of Howard’s writings.
Here’s a listing of the stories included:
The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
The Shadow Kingdom
Solomon Kane
Skulls in the Stars
The Footfalls Within
The Hills of the Dead
The Moon of Skulls
Rattle of Bones
Red Shadows
Wings in the Night
Bran Mak Morn
Kings of the Night
The Lost Race
Worms of the Earth
Black Turlogh
The Dark Man
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
James Allison
The Valley of the Worm
Other Fantasy
Almuric
Black Canaan
Spanish Gold on Devil Horse
Spear & Fang
Weird Menace
Black Hound of Death
The Grisly Horror/Moon of Zambebwei
Skull-Face
In addition to that, the volume features some top notch illustrations provided by illustrator of the first volume, Les Edwards, as you can see here:
That first Solomon Kane image is great. I picked up the first volume, so I will probably pick up the second, even though I think I already have more than a few of these stories in other collections.