The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane Book

With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action hero of the twentieth centuryâ??he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasnâ??t the first archetypal
adventurer to spring from Howardâ??s fertile imagination.

â??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 respectâ??he was true to his ideals of justice and right. Such was Solomon Kane.â?

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 fanaticâ??s faith and a warriorâ??s savage heart.

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