{"product_id":"9783739678283","title":"THE SAGA OF KING KULL: 3 NOVELS, 1 POEM","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHoward’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRobert E. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style-broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-David Gemmell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction’s most enduring heroes. Yet while \u003cem\u003eConan\u003c\/em\u003e is indisputably Howard’s greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring \u003cem\u003eKull\u003c\/em\u003e, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes, and the richly evocative blend of history and mythology, that would distinguish his later tales of the Hyborian Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch more than simply the prototype for \u003cem\u003eConan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKull\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating character in his own right: an exile from fabled Atlantis who wins the crown of Valusia, only to find it as much a burden as a prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection gathers together three stories plus one poem featuring \u003cem\u003eKull\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Kingdom \u003c\/em\u003e(1929)\u003cem\u003e, The Mirrors Of Tuzun Thune \u003c\/em\u003e(1929)\u003cem\u003e, Kings of the Night (1939) \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The King And The Oak \u003c\/em\u003e(1939). The stories are presented just as Howard wrote them, with all subsequent editorial emendations removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHoward was a true storyteller-one of the first, and certainly among the best, you’ll find in heroic fantasy. If you’ve never read him before, you’re in for a real treat.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Charles de Lint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFor stark, living fear . . . what other writer is even in the running with Robert E. Howard?”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-H. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookRix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133456630000,"sku":"9783739678283","price":5.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783739678283_p0.jpg?v=1763680382","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783739678283","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}