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Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American master of the pulps, a writer whose fierce imagination helped forge the sword-and-sorcery tradition and gave the literary world figures who feel older than their ink - Conan the Barbarian chief among them. But before the Cimmerian strode onto the stage, Howard introduced one of his most severe creations in Solomon Kane: an ascetic Puritan wanderer compelled by a fury carved into his bones by the Almighty. In these five early tales, Kane hunts a murderer across continents, grapples the bloodthirsty ghost of a murdered lunatic, crosses paths with treachery in a shuttered inn, descends into a forgotten kingdom of skulls, and stands against the restless dead in a land scorched by ancient sorcery. Together they reveal the forging of Howard's avenging pilgrim - a man who believes himself God's scourge, armed with a blade, a vow, and a shadow that lengthens with every mile.
Robert E Howard
Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was born and raised in rural Texas, the son of a pioneer physician. He began writing professionally at the age of fifteen and turned out dozens of tales of heroic and supernatural fantasy, featuring many memorable creations - including the character he is best remembered for: Conan of Cimmeria. These stories, mostly published in Weird Tales, won him a huge audience across the world and influenced a whole generation of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist. Sadly, Howard killed himself in June 1936 when he learned that his beloved mother had fallen into a coma.
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