Robert E. (Robert Ervin) HowardVerified

Howard's hard-boiled sorcerer navigates a desert of undead horrors with cynical violence and dark humor, blending pulp adventure with genuine cosmic dread before either genre had clear boundaries. The prose is lean, the gore visceral, and the protagonist unapologetically amoral.

A fantasy novel of sword and sorcery. Conspirators raise an ancient sorcerer to overthrow King Conan of Aquilonia; after being captured and freed by a slave girl, Conan sets out on a dangerous quest to win back his throne.

Two civilizations hidden in the jungle wage silent war in this claustrophobic tale where Conan discovers that the greatest threat isn't monsters or sorcery but human cruelty.

A sword and sorcery short story, first published in 1934, in which Conan the Cimmerian escapes to an island in the Vilayet Sea with a woman named Olivia. They find ruins with lifelike statues, a boulder-throwing creature, and pirates.

A Conan story first published in 1935. Conan stays the night at a cheap inn in the desert city of Zamboula, where cannibals roam the streets, and is pulled into a scheme tied to a satrap's mistress and a lover who has lost his mind.

A novella first printed in three parts in 1934 and set in a mythical, prehistoric India. Conan kidnaps Princess Yasmina while fighting the Black Seers of Yimsha, whose sorcery serves a plan to conquer the world.

A short story from 1935 set in the fictional Hyborian Age. Conan the Cimmerian travels to the African kingdom of Keshan to find hidden jewels in the ancient city of Alkmeenon, where rival treasure hunters, a mummified oracle and other dangers await him.