Conan the Barbarian: born on a battlefield in Cimmeria, his life was spent wandering the world of the legendary Hyborian Age. From boy-thief to pirate, mercenary and outlaw, ultimately becoming King of Aquilonia, Conan carved a red swathe through lost cities and unexplored jungles, facing hideous horrors or supernatural menaces with nothing more than a sharp sword in his hand and a beautiful woman by his side.

Collected together here in the chronological order they were first published are Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them, as fresh, atmospheric and vibrant today as they were when they originally appeared in the pulp magazines of more than seventy years ago.

Contents:

• The Hyborian Age (essay)
• Cimmeria (verse)
• The Phoenix on the Sword
• The Scarlet Citadel
• The Tower of the Elephant
• Black Colossus
• The Slithering Shadow
• The Pool of the Black One
• Rogues in the House
• Iron Shadows in the Moonlight
• Queen of the Black Coast
• The Devil in Iron
• The People of the Black Circle
• A Witch Shall be Born
• Jewels of Gwahlur
• Beyond the Black River
• Shadows in Zamboula
• Red Nails
• The Hour of the Dragon (verse)
• The Hour of the Dragon
• The God in the Bowl
• The Black Stranger
• The Frost-Giant's Daughter
• Drums of Tombalku (draft)
• The Vale of Lost Women
• Wolves Beyond the Border (draft)
• The Snout in the Dark (draft)
• The Hall of the Dead (synopsis)
• The Hand of Nergal (fragment)
• Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age
• Afterword: Robert E. Howard and Conan by Stephen Jones

Edited by Stephen Jones with illustrations by Les Edwards