SALES POINTS #14 in the Millennium Fantasy Masterworks series, a library of the most original and influential fantasy ever written 'Howard was the Thomas Wolfe of fantasy, and most of his Conan tales seem to almost fall over themselves in their need to get out' Stephen King 'A hero of mythic proportion, fashioned by a storyteller who helped define what a modern fantasy should be.' Raymond E. Feist 'Pure adventure yarns with a touch of weirdness' H.P. Lovecraft 'Howard possessed a vitality his followers never captured.' Michael Moorcock