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The Adventures of Solomon Kane By Robert E. Howard

The Adventures of Solomon Kane

By Robert E. Howard

  • Release Date: 2013-07-16
  • Genre: Historical Fantasy
  • $8.99

Description

Before Robert E. Howard wrote of Conan the Cimmerian, he wrote of the puritan swashbuckler Solomon Kane. The Adventures of Solomon Kane takes you through Howard's horrific and fantastic world of swords and sorcery where Kane vanquishes evil. This compilation, optimized for iPad readers, contains the 7 original books of Solomon Kane which appeared in the Weird Tales pulp fiction magazine of the 1920's and 30's. This collection is a must have for any Howard fan.

This collection of his adventures features 7 stories:

Red Shadows
This was the first Solomon Kane story ever published. In France, Kane finds a girl attacked by a gang of brigands led by a villain known as Le Loup. As she dies in his arms, Kane determines to avenge her death, and the trail leads from France to Africa, ending with Kane's first meeting with N'Longa.

Skulls in the Stars
In England, Kane is on his way to the hamlet of Torkertown, and must choose one of two paths, a route that leads through a moor or one that leads through a swamp. He is warned that the moor route is haunted and all travelers who take that road die, so he decides to investigate.

Rattle of Bones
In Germany Kane meets a traveler named Gaston L'Armon, who seems familiar to Kane, and together they take rooms in the Cleft Skull Tavern.

The Moon of Skulls
Kane goes to Africa on the trail of an English girl named Marylin Taferal, kidnapped from her home and sold to Barbary pirates by her cousin. When he finds the hidden city of Negari, he encounters Nakari, "the vampire queen of Negari".

Hills of the Dead
In Africa again, Kane's old friend N'Longa (the witch doctor from "Red Shadows") gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.

The Footfalls Within
In Africa again, Kane encounters Arab slave traders busily engaged driving slaves to market. He rushes to save a girl whom the slavers are mistreating but is himself overwhelmed and taken prisoner.

Wings in the Night
In Africa again, Kane comes across an entire village wiped out, and all of the roofs have been ripped off, as if by something attempting to get inside from above.