Conan: Blood of the Serpent

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The pulse-pounding return of Conan, the most iconic fantasy hero in popular culture, with brand-new novels tied directly to the sword and sorcery tales written by the legendary Robert E. Howard.

Conan the Barbarian, the worlds most famous fantasy hero, returns in an all-new novel tied directly to the famous works by his legendary creator, Robert E. Howard. Set early in his life, Conan has left his northern homeland to cut a bloody swath across the legendary Hyborian Age. A mercenary, a soldier, a thief, and a pirate, he faces conquering armies, malicious sorcerers, and monstrous creatures against which he wields only the sword held in his powerful grasp.

A superstar of novels, short fiction, comics, video games, films, and an upcoming Netflix series, his adventures have inspired many of the most popular authors of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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"Exceptionally fast-paced, with lots packed in .. If Titan is giving us a new era of Conan books, high-octane with life-or-death stakes, then Im in."British Fantasy Society
"This volume delivers an engaging and approachable new adventure along with one of the very best of the classic stories."GrimDark Magazine
Praise for Conan and Robert E. Howard: Howards writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks.Stephen King
In Howard's grim and all too realistic view, the barbarians are always at the gate, and once a culture allows itself to grow soft, decadent or simply neglectful, it will be swept away by the primitive and ruthless.Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
I read books, and I dreamed of Mars, and the planets in those books, and of the Hyborian Age of Robert E. Howards Conan booksGeorge R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones
I adore these books. Howard had a gritty, vibrant stylebroadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life.David Gemmell, author of Legend
Those of us who believed in Conan at the right moment in our lives never stop believing. We might not grow up to become him, but we never grow out of him, either.Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
Howard was a true storytellerone of the first, and certainly among the best, youll find in heroic fantasy.Charles de Lint, author of The Wild Wood and The Onion Girl
Praise for S.M. Stirling: Utterly engaging. This is unquestionably Steve Stirlings best work to date, a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.George R. R. Martin on Island in the Sea of Time
Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you wont want toand wont be able toput down. An outstanding piece of work.Harry Turtledove on Island in the Sea of Time The novels dual themesmyth and technologyshould appeal to both fantasy and hard SF readers as well as to techno-thriller fans.Publishers Weekly on Dies the Fire
Fans of apocalyptical thrillers like Stephen KingsThe Standwill findDies the Fireabsolutely riveting...a fantastic epic work.Midwest Book Review
[A] richly realized story of swordplay and intrigue.Entertainment Weekly on the novels of The Change
"Richly detailed...His descriptions of beauty and horror, giv[e] this work a broad emotional palette."Publishers Weekly on the New York Times bestseller The Sea Peoples
Strong characterizations, high historical scholarship, superior narrative technique, excellent battle scenesBooklist for On the Oceans of Eternity

Author Bio

A writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin, S. M. Stirling is a former lawyer, an amateur historian, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous SF and fantasy novels including the popular Nantucket series that began withIsland in the Sea of Time. He loves history, anthropology, and archaeology. Martial arts were his main physical hobby. Stirling lives in New Mexico, and tweets @Joatsimeon.