The Hour of the Dragon
Conan the Conqueror

The only full length Conan novel from Howard. I didn't find it quite as compelling as some of his better shorter Conan stories, but still a fine tale brimming with his usual exuberance. The plot in fact is essentially identical to the previously published The Scarlet Citadel. There are some large bat......more

This Berkley edition of The Hour of the Dragon presents Howard's only Conan novel in as close to the original way as he wrote it as editor Karl Edward Wagner could get it. Ace, Gnome, and Lancer had all printed editions that had been changed or edited by L. Sprague de Camp and perhaps by other hands......more

Questo primo approccio all'universo di Conan il Barbaro non mi ha affatto deluso. Lo stile di scrittura di Howard risulta essere fresco e attuale, nonostante il romanzo risalga ai primi del '900 ( è invecchiato proprio bene😂). Le descrizioni di personaggi, luoghi ed eventi è molto accurata e precisa......more

"It is not alone the rebellious lords of Aquilonia and the armies of Nemedia which are arrayed against you," answered Hadrathus. "It is sorcery – grisly black magic from the grim youth of the world. An awful shape has risen out of the shades of the Past, and none can stand before it." This is one of......more

La mejor historia que he leído de Conan, muy completa y diversa. Volumen que arranca donde nos dejó el anterior, con Conan peleando por su trono de Aquilonia. Sinopsis: Conan es ya un rey asentado en el trono, que ha dejado atrás su violento pasado. Sin embargo, un nuevo peligro acecha en el reino ve......more