The Hour of the Dragon
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About This Book
Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the eighth installment in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian.
Chapters (45)
- THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON
- 1
- O Sleeper, Awake!
- 2
- A Black Wind Blows
- 3
- The Cliffs Reel
- 4
- 'From What Hell Have You Crawled?'
- 5
- The Haunter of the Pits
- 6
- The Thrust of a Knife
- 7
- The Rending of the Veil
- 8
- Dying Embers
- 9
- 'It is the King or His Ghost!'
- 10
- A Coin from Acheron
- 11
- Swords of the South
- 12
- The Fang of the Dragon
- 13
- 'A Ghost Out of the Past'
- 14
- The Black Hand of Set
- 15
- The Return of the Corsair
- 16
- Black-Walled Khemi
- 17
- 'He Has Slain the Sacred Son of Set!'
- 18
- 'I Am the Woman Who Never Died'
- 19
- In the Hall of the Dead
- 20
- Out of the Dust Shall Acheron Arise
- 21
- Drums of Peril
- 22
- The Road to Acheron
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