The savage tales of Solomon Kane - Robert E. Howard

With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action
hero of the twentieth century-he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword
and sorcery. But Conan wasn't the first archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard's
fertile imagination.

"He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier,
with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan. . .
. A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect
all weaker things. . . . Wayward and restless as the wind, he was consistent in only
one respect-he was true to his ideals of justice and right. Such was Solomon Kane."

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni,
are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and
deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird
fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African
jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful
ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women,
all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic's faith and a warrior's savage
heart.

This edition also features exclusive story fragments, a biography of Howard
by scholar Rusty Burke, and "In Memoriam," H. P. Lovecraft's moving tribute to his
friend and fellow literary genius.