Solomon Kane Books In Publication Order
- The Moon of Skulls (1968)
- The Hand of Kane (1970)
- Skulls in the Stars (1978)
- The Hills of the Dead (1979)
- Solomon Kane (1995)
- The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (2004)
- The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane (2007)
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Skulls in the Stars
Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.
The Hills of the Dead
Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.
Solomon Kane
Includes The Right Hand of Doom, Red Shadows, Rattle of Bones, The Castle of the Devil, Blades of the Brotherhood, The Return of Sir Richard Grenville, Solomon Kane‘s Homecoming
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
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.
The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane
With an Introduction by M.J. Elliot The sixteenth century Puritan Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpas*ses common reason. Sombre of mood, clad in black and grey, he ‘never sought to analyse his motives and he never wavered once his mind was made up. Though he always acted on impulse, he firmly believed that all his actions were governed by cold and logical reasonings…
A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things, and avenge all crimes against right and justice’. Immune to the attractions of the opposite sex, he seems drawn by some psychological distress beacon to places where he knows only that he will be called upon to defend the helpless or more often exact retribution on their behalf. Himself a Christian, possessed of enormous strength and skill in swordplay, he yet has little hesitation in calling upon the assistance of his Voodoo practising friend N Longa when strength, skill and Christian belief are not enough.