This groundbreaking collection brings together all of Howard's stories featuring Kull: 'Exile of Atlantis,' 'The Shadow Kingdom,' 'The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune,' 'The Cat and the Skull,' 'The Screaming Skull of Silence,' 'The Striking of the Gong,' 'The Altar and the Scorpion,' 'The Curse of the Golden Skull,' 'By This Axe I Rule!' 'Swords of the Purple Kingdom,' 'The King and the Oak,' and 'Kings of the Night. Howard and is the first story written by Howard to feature his creation Kull, set in his fictional Thurian. Much more than simply the prototype for Conan, Kull 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. Exile of Atlantis is a short story by Robert E. Yet while Conan the Cimmerian is indisputably Howard's greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, 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. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan is indisputably Howard’s greatest. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction’s most enduring heroes.

Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Am-ra saves Kull's life by causing an archer to miss his shot. In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E.

While the villagers are still too shocked to act, Kull turns away and flees. Soon, Ala is spared from her fate of being burned alive. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Kull takes out his hunting knife and throws it at the girl's chest, killing her in an instant.

In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E.

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