Robert E. Howard 1 hr 2 min read

Queen Taramis wakes to find her own sorcerous twin sister stealing her throne, and Conan the mercenary crucified for defending it.

Robert E. Howard's 1934 Conan tale opens with a vision of a severed head glowing in the dark and a witch-queen's usurpation, building to one of the series' most iconic and brutal images. Vivid, savage sword-and-sorcery from the creator of the Cimmerian at the height of his powers. Read it for classic Conan, dark magic, betrayal, and the barbarian's indestructible will.

In its time

Published in 1934, during the 1930s, space opera soars.

Reading it

1 hr 2 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).