Robert E. Howard, creator of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, wrote the most popular adventure stories ever - because his roustabout heroes speak to the secret soul under all our civilized skins. You've read the stories of Conan, Cormac mac Art, and Red Sonja. Now read about contemporary adventures cut from the same cloth; men who will not willing trade a thrilling life for a safe one., and who go into combat against antagonists with the same wild joy as their barbarian forebears. In settings ranging from the secretive Orient to much nearer home, here are stories of heroes of our own time, from the author who knew best what heroes were all about.
Robert E. Howard, creator of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, wrote the most popular adventure stories ever - because his roustabout heroes speak to the secret soul under all our civilized skins. You've read the stories of Conan, Cormac mac Art, and Red Sonja. Now read about contemporary adventures cut from the same cloth; men who will not willing trade a thrilling life for a safe one., and who go into combat against antagonists with the same wild joy as their barbarian forebears. In settings ranging from the secretive Orient to much nearer home, here are stories of heroes of our own time, from the author who knew best what heroes were all about.