The pulse-pounding return of Conan, the most iconic fantasy hero in popular cultureConan the Barbarian, the world’s most famous fantasy hero, returns in an all-new novel tied directly to the famous works by his legendary creator, Robert E. Howard.In this story, 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.Conan, a superstar of novels, short fiction, comics, video games, films, and an upcoming Netflix series, and his adventures have inspired many of the most popular authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is the first in a series of brand-new, standalone adventures. Read Less