The Black Abbot of Puthuum

Name: The Black Abbot of Puthuum
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Clark Ashton Smith
ISBN: 9781662225642

Author: Clark Ashton Smith

Narrator: Will Hahn

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William L. Hahn

Published: 03/15/2021

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Epic, Dark Fantasy

Synopsis

Third in a new series of classic tales by pulp master Clark Ashton Smith, this rollicking tale of adventure and horror comes to life again with the narration of William L. Hahn.Two warrior comrades think their biggest challenge in escorting the king's new bride will be controlling their own attraction for the lovely girl. But their return journey across a barren desert brings them instead to a forgotten monastery, reeking with evil and headed by a cleric whose interests seem less wholesome than gruesome. Who can survive when centuries of sin produce The Black Abbot of Puthuum?The text of this tale is drawn from The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger published by Night Shade Books and used with the kind permission of CASiana Literary Enterprises, the Literary Estate of Clark Ashton Smith.Cover design by Katharina Kolata, Independent Bookworm, using art by grandfailure, Depositphoto.Sound FX by the narrator or from Freesound.org.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on April 10, 2018

One of Ashton Smith's large set of Zothique (referring to his invented 'lost (future) continent') stories, all bar the last two appearing between 1932 and 1938. This tale appeared in 1936 in 'Weird Tales' (like all the others) and was well into the cycle. By then one assumes that most long term regul......more

Goodreads review by Michael on September 27, 2018

The first half of the story is a bit too archaic and throws around too many names and terms specific to the lore that can be pretty confusing for people unfamiliar with the entirety of Ashton’s work, but the second half is a pretty entertaining battle scene in the vain of Conan the Cimmerian.......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on March 27, 2021

This is the first story by Clark Ashton Smith that I have read in which there were good guys to cheer for—good guys—not nice guys. The heroes reminded me considerably of Conan the Barbarian. They’re mercenaries and thieves, but they also have a definite moral code and it does not involve letting evi......more

Goodreads review by Siili on May 23, 2023

I found the ending a bit funny. Zobal saved their asses but doesn't get anything, end of story. Not saying Rubalsa owes anyone anything, but still.......more

Goodreads review by Per on September 01, 2022

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