Conan And The Spider God,Used

Product Description Conan Is Back, And At The Top Of His Form!Sfwa Grand Master L. Sprague De Camp Was Revered In The Genre Of Fantasy For Both His Fiction And Nonfiction. Booklist Praised His Novel The Honorable Barbarian, Saying: The Action Is Brisk, And The Worlds And Characters Are Described With De Camp'S Deft, Light Touch . . . Thoroughly Agreeable Entertainment, While Kirkus Reviews Said Of The Pixilated Peeress The Unassuming Style And Verve Of The Telling Keep The Pages Turning. Pure Prose Junkfood. But More Important, L. Sprague De Camp Wrote Dark Valley Destiny, The Definitive Biography Of Conans Creator, Robert E. Howard, Leaving Little Wonder As To Why Conan And The Spider God Is Considered One Of The Finest Novels In The Canon Of Conan.Son Of A Blacksmith, A Former Slave And Thief, Conan The Cimmerian Has Risen To The Rank Of Captain Of The Royal Guard. But As Usual, Trouble Is His Bedfellow.Forced To Kill While Defending Himself, Conan Must Flee The Vengeance Of The High Priest Of Erlik. Foraging Through Field And Forest, Meeting Friend And Foe, Conan Cuts A Bloody Swath Through Assassins And Bounty Hunters All The Way To The Sinister Temple Of Zath, Where He Encounters The Huge And Hideous Spider God. Facing Certain Death, Conan Becomes Both The Hunter . . . And The Hunted.Conan And The Spider God Is A Thrilling Adventure Of The Mighty Barbarian, From One Of The Genre'S Most Revered Authors. Review 'The Enduring Popularity Of Conan Is Undeniable.'Kirkus Reviews About The Author L. Sprague De Camp, Winner Of The World Fantasy Award For Life Achievement, Was Fluent In Several Languages And Traveled The World. He Was Chased By A Hippopotamus In Uganda And Sea Lions In The Galapagos Islands, He Saw Tigers And Rhinoceroses From Elephantback In India, And He Was Bitten By A Lizard In The Jungles Of Guatemala. His Fascinating Autobiography, Time And Chance, Won The 1997 Hugo Award For Best Nonfiction. L. Sprague De Camp Passed Away In May 2000. Excerpt. Reprinted By Permission. All Rights Reserved. Chapter1Lust And Deatha Tall, Immensely Powerful Manalmost A Giantstood Motionless In The Shadows Of The Courtyard. Although He Could See The Candle That The Turanian Woman Had Placed In The Window As A Sign That The Coast Was Clear, And To A Hillman The Climb Was Child'S Play, He Waited. He Had No Desire To Be Caught Halfway Up The Wall, Clinging Like A Beetle To The Ivy That Mantled The Ancient Edifice. While The Civic Guard Would Hesitate To Arrest One Of King Yildiz'S Officers, Word Of His Escapade Would Surely Reach The Ears Of Narkia'S Protector. And This Protector Was Senior Captain Orkhan, The Large Man'S Commanding Officer.With Alert Blue Eyes, Conan Of Cimmeria, A Captain In The Royal Guard, Scanned The Sky Above, Where The Full Moon Dusted The Domes And Towers Of Aghrapur With Powdered Silver. A Cloud Was Bearing Down Upon The Luminary; But This Windborne Galleon Of The Sky Was Inadequate For The Cimmerian'S Purpose. It Would Dim The Moonlight For Only Half The Time Required To Clamber Up The Ivy. A Much Larger Cloud, He Observed With Satisfaction, Sailed In The Wake Of The First.When The Moon Had Veiled Her Face Behind The More Voluminous Cloud, Conan Hitched His Baldric Around So That The Sword Hung Down Between His Shoulders. He Slipped Off His Sandals And Tucked Them Into His Belt; Then, Grasping The Heavy, Knotted Vines With Fingers And Toes, He Mounted With Catlike Agility.Across The Shadowed Spires And Roofs Lay A Ghostly Silence, Broken But Rarely By The Sound Of Hurrying Feet; While Overhead The Cloud, Outlined In Vermeil, Billowed Slowly Past. The Climber Felt A Thin Wind Stir His Squarecut Black Mane, And A Tiny Shiver Shook Him. He Remembered The Words Of The Astrologer Whom He Had Consulted Three Days Before.'Beware Of Launching An Enterprise At The Next Full Of The Moon,' The Graybeard Had Said. 'The Stellar Aspects Imply That You Would Thus Set