Name: Beyond the Black River
SKU: 60567969
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Author: Robert Ervin Howard
ISBN: 9781985046344

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Ervin Howard

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

28x21.6x0.4 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781985046344

Synopsis "Beyond the Black River"

Beyond the Black River By Robert Ervin Howard Beyond the Black River is one of the original stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert Ervin Howard. Plot Summary: The foreword to the story tells of his travels to Punt with Muriela, refers to a scam perpetrated against worshippers of an ivory goddess and then on to Zembabwei, where he joins a trading caravan on its way to Shem. Around 40 now, Conan visits his homeland and finds his old friends are fathers. Bored, Conan sets off for the Bossonian Marches and becomes a Scout at Fort Tuscelan on the Black River. Naturally, there is a war going on. A young settler named Balthus encounters Conan in the forests slaying a forest devil. Accompanying the young man back to the Fort, Conan finds the body of a merchant ensorcelled by a Pictish wizard named Zogar Sag and slain by a swamp demon. The Fort Tuscelan Commander, Valannus, is a desperate man and asks Conan to slay Zogar Sag before he raises the Picts against the whole borderlands. Taking a hand picked team of scouts and Balthus, Conan sets off stealthily in canoes. Balthus is captured and most of Conan's men slaughtered in an ambush. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Robert Ervin Howard

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Robert Ervin Howard nació el 22 de enero de 1906 en Peaster, Texas, Estados Unidos. Durante su infancia y juventud vivió principalmente en Cross Plains, donde desarrolló un gran interés por la literatura, la historia, el boxeo y las leyendas. Desde muy joven comenzó a escribir relatos y poemas, y en 1925 logró publicar uno de sus primeros cuentos en la revista Weird Tales.

Howard fue un escritor muy prolífico que cultivó diversos géneros, entre ellos la fantasía, el terror, la aventura, el western y la ficción histórica. Creó personajes como Solomon Kane, Kull de Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn y, especialmente, Conan el Bárbaro. Las historias de Conan, ambientadas en la ficticia Era Hiboria, combinaron aventuras, combates, magia y criaturas fantásticas. Estas obras contribuyeron al desarrollo del género conocido como espada y brujería.

A pesar de haber tenido una vida corta, Howard escribió una gran cantidad de cuentos y poemas. Su estilo influyó posteriormente en numerosos escritores y en diferentes medios, como el cine, los cómics y los videojuegos.

Robert E. Howard murió el 11 de junio de 1936 en Cross Plains, Texas, a los 30 años. Su obra continúa siendo reconocida como una importante influencia dentro de la literatura fantástica.

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