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Bright Steel by Miles Cameron
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery war comes down to the flash of bright steel, even when the air is full of magic . . .Aranthur and his friends have come together across different continents and realms with one purpose: to strike back against the forces which have torn a hole in the heavens and threaten to rip the world beneath them apart as well... -
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Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScience Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy...Categorized as:
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![The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard]()
The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobert E. Howard is celebrated as the founding father of sword-and-sorcery, the creator of Conan of Cimmeria and Kull of Atlantis. The Black Stranger and Other American Tales demonstrates that in some of his most powerful heroic fantasy and horror stories, he also explored a New World older and more haunted than that which we’ve seen in textbooks or museum exhibits...Categorized as:
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![The Tower of the Elephant (Conan, #3) (Weird Tales) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Tower of the Elephant (Conan, #3) (Weird Tales) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConan infiltrates a perilous tower in the City of Thieves in order to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer. A classic of Conan lore, often cited as one of Howard's best tales...Categorized as:
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![The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) published by Arkham House posthumously in 1943 in the collection Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Begun probably in the autumn of 1926, it was completed on January 22, 1927 and was unpublished in his lifetime... -
![Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard]()
Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:"Foreward" by Robert E. Howard "The Lost Race""Men of the Shadows""Kings of the Night""A Song of the Race" (poem) "Worms of the Earth"Untitled ("A gray sky arched..Categorized as:
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![The Sign of the Nine by G.S. Denning]()
The Sign of the Nine by G.S. Denning
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“If you ever wondered how much better Sherlock would be if people could hurl hellfire at each other, well this one is for you.” Starburst Magazine on A Study in BrimstoneWarlock Holmes may have demons in his head, but now Dr. John Watson has a mummy in his bloodstream... -
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The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt begins with the reunion of Imaro and his kidnapped lover Tanisha, who has been taken to the ruined City of Madness. With the help of their new found friend Pomphis, a Pygmay from the eastern forests of Nyumbani, they learn of the sorcerous forces that may have been behind the dark wizard that destroyed Imaro's youth... -
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Conqueror's Blood by Zamil Akhtar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kingdom of Alanya is home to mystic warriors and mischievous djinns, vulgar poets and vain philosophers, soaring simurghs and scheming shahs.Little do the people know that a power struggle between an ancient sorceress and an upstart sultana threatens to bathe the sands in bile and bones. A bloody cauldron boils, and primeval gods laugh whilst they stir it...Categorized as:
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![The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard]()
The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRobert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond... -
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The Scarlet Citadel by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond... -
![The Gods of Bal-Sagoth by Robert E. Howard]()
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, two sailors find traces of a lost civilization – and memories of their own impossible part in it! ...The "last words" of an operatic tenor bring the music of hell to the man who destroyed him....Turlogh O'Brien, mighty Gaelic warrior who serves no master but gold and blood, battles for a kingdom against the fearful ancient gods of Bal-Sagoth...Categorized as:
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![The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson]()
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsProfessor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.But the journey sends her on a quest across the Dreamlands and into her own mysterious past, where some secrets were never meant to surface... -
![The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. Howard]()
The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsConan the Cimmerian—the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age...Categorized as:
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![People of the Dark (The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard #3) by Robert E. Howard]()
People of the Dark (The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard #3) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe third collection of Robert E. Howard's fantasy work, from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales and its rival Strange Tales, features more classic fiction and poetry from Howard's prime writing years. Gathered here are stories with such enduring and popular characters as Solomon Kane, Turlogh Dubh and Comac of Connacht...Categorized as:
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