Red Nails
A Conan the Barbarian Novel
Published on 21. April 2020
85 pages
978-1-5040-6264-0 (ISBN)
Description
The final sword-and-sorcery installment of the epic Conan the Barbarian Series.
During the mythical Hyborian Age, Conan the Cimmerian and Valeria of the Red Brotherhood are pursued by a dragon-like monster-until they make it to civilization. Xuchotl is an ancient city of wealth and beauty, with walls of jade and bejeweled lights. Seemingly deserted, Xuchotl actually harbors two gangs who are locked in an endless ancestral feud. And when one of the gang leaders, a stunning woman with a vampiric lust for life, makes Valeria a target of her hunger, Conan and Valeria must escape the evil and madness that flood the city before all is lost...
"The usual rip-roaring, headlong action, inventiveness, and raw violence which Howard's name on a story guaranteed... The finale makes the last act of Hamlet look like a Sunday school picnic." - Black Gate
"Absolutely worth reading as an example of trashy sword and sorcery that's never dull for a moment and acts like a sleazy D&D game highlight reel. It's also notable that it's one of the inspirations for Tom Moldvay's 1982 module, 'The Lost City,' which amped up the insanity of the warring factions, provided a multi-level dungeon, and then gave a map of an underground complex and asked Dungeon Masters to make up their own adventures in this Howardesque world." -Tim Callahan, Tor.com
"It holds your attention while you are reading it and you do want to get to the end of it." - History Books Review
During the mythical Hyborian Age, Conan the Cimmerian and Valeria of the Red Brotherhood are pursued by a dragon-like monster-until they make it to civilization. Xuchotl is an ancient city of wealth and beauty, with walls of jade and bejeweled lights. Seemingly deserted, Xuchotl actually harbors two gangs who are locked in an endless ancestral feud. And when one of the gang leaders, a stunning woman with a vampiric lust for life, makes Valeria a target of her hunger, Conan and Valeria must escape the evil and madness that flood the city before all is lost...
"The usual rip-roaring, headlong action, inventiveness, and raw violence which Howard's name on a story guaranteed... The finale makes the last act of Hamlet look like a Sunday school picnic." - Black Gate
"Absolutely worth reading as an example of trashy sword and sorcery that's never dull for a moment and acts like a sleazy D&D game highlight reel. It's also notable that it's one of the inspirations for Tom Moldvay's 1982 module, 'The Lost City,' which amped up the insanity of the warring factions, provided a multi-level dungeon, and then gave a map of an underground complex and asked Dungeon Masters to make up their own adventures in this Howardesque world." -Tim Callahan, Tor.com
"It holds your attention while you are reading it and you do want to get to the end of it." - History Books Review
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Person
Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was an American author of pulp fiction, who made a name for himself by publishing numerous short stories in pulp magazines. Known as the "Father of Sword and Sorcery," Howard helped create this subgenre of fiction. He is best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, who has inspired numerous film and television adaptations. Howard committed suicide at the age of thirty.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- 1 The Skull on the Crag
- 2 By the Blaze of the Fire Jewels
- 3 The People of the Feud
- 4 Scent of Black Lotus
- 5 Twenty Red Nails
- 6 The Eyes of Tascela
- 7 He Comes from the Dark
- Copyright
