Conan the Avenger

Conan the Avenger

Cover of first edition
Author	Robert E. Howard, Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp
Cover artist	Frank Frazetta
Language	English
Series	Conan the Barbarian
Genre	Sword and sorcery
Publisher	Lancer Books
Publication date	1968
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	192 pp
Preceded by	Conan the Conqueror
Followed by	Conan of Aquilonia

Conan the Avenger is a 1968 collection of two fantasy works written by Björn Nyberg, Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books, and has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers. It has also been translated into Japanese, German and Spanish.

Contents

• "Introduction", by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Return of Conan (Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp)
• "The Hyborian Age, Part 2" (Robert E. Howard)

The Return of Conan

In the kingdom of Aquilonia, a year of peace for King Conan and his new queen Zenobia is broken when the latter is abducted by a demon. Conan learns from the wizard Pelias of Koth that the eastern sorcerer Yah Chieng of Khitai is responsible, and begins a quest to recover her, little realizing that the fate of the world as well as Aquilonia rests on the outcome of the contest.

Chronologically, The Return of Conan falls between Howard's novel The Hour of the Dragon (also known as Conan the Conqueror), and the four short stories collected as Conan of Aquilonia.

The Hyborian Age, Part 2

The second part of Howard's essay detailing the pseudohistorical prehistory in which the Conan stories are set describes the period from Conan's day through the end of Hyborian era and beyond.

References

• Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 85–86.