- Mass Market Paperback: 10 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books (Nov 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812524918
- ISBN-13: 978-0812524918
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 13.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,503,169 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A fast-moving Sword&Sorcery adventure that, chronologically, falls between "Queen of the Black Coast" and "The Vale of Lost Women" (both from "Conan of Cimmeria"). The plot, not being bogged down with either gorgeous or gory detail, and also interspersed with subtle humor, almost made this a Conan "Lite". The ease with which the Cimmerian extricates himself from one impossible situation after another makes the story line somewhat simplistic, although the flash-backs and flash-forwards do add some otherwise-needed depth. This is escapist fun nearly at its best!
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Swashbuckling Sword&Sorcery
24 Aug 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A fast-moving Sword&Sorcery adventure that, chronologically, falls between "Queen of the Black Coast" and "The Vale of Lost Women" (both from "Conan of Cimmeria"). The plot, not being bogged down with either gorgeous or gory detail, and also interspersed with subtle humor, almost made this a Conan "Lite". The ease with which the Cimmerian extricates himself from one impossible situation after another makes the story line somewhat simplistic, although the flash-backs and flash-forwards do add some otherwise-needed depth. This is escapist fun nearly at its best!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An Odd Conan Interlude
5 Jun 2004
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So Conan is out in the jungle, just crushed over the death of Belit, living solo off the land. He runs into a band of Bamula, rises to a tenuous position of prominence in the tribe via their ongoing conflict with a rival tribe, and suddenly weird animals start getting teleported into his front yard. He kills a dragon, then a polar bear, then he and a gaggle of his adopted tribe get teleported to the Pictish wilderness. There he encounters an exiled sorcerer who's using The Demon's Gate to wormhole things around the world to his own nefarious ends. Enter the Picts and things get ugly quick. Conan fights, slays, suffers a setback or three, but ultimately calls on deep reserves of barbarian tenacity and subtle craftiness to win the day.
This is an odd one, but good. It moves really fast, but is not stretched thin. Conan makes a few friends here and there, does a big-brother bit with a young tribesman, gets a couple of girls, and is generally The Man. If you like Conan, but want something off the beaten path, give it a shot. Three stars for originality, plot and chracter development. It does get a little hectic and could have been edited a bit better, but all in all a good homage...enjoy.
This is an odd one, but good. It moves really fast, but is not stretched thin. Conan makes a few friends here and there, does a big-brother bit with a young tribesman, gets a couple of girls, and is generally The Man. If you like Conan, but want something off the beaten path, give it a shot. Three stars for originality, plot and chracter development. It does get a little hectic and could have been edited a bit better, but all in all a good homage...enjoy.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Lacks Personality
21 Oct 2007
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Roland Green lacks flare for a good turn of phrase. His writing ends up rather dry and stiff. Here's a sample: "That was one of the rules of wise leadership that held true for all men, white, black, yellow, brown, or green with purple stripes if there were any such!" Well, the cliche aside, you can see that Green doesn't reach for superlative use of metaphor. Green does write a less racist tale of Conan's interaction among the tribes of the Black Kingdom than most other authors, which is a pleasant experience. There are some major structural problems here, though. The story begins with the narrative of Nidaros, who is speaking many years after Conan's death and introduces Conan's son and heir to the throne of Aquilonia. After a chapter, the story moves to Conan in the Black Kingdom following the death of his lover, Belit. There is no narrator for this section. Then at page 148 of the trade paperback edition, a new narrator steps in - a warrior who is half Pictish. Then he starts telling the tale. The only problem is, the tale has been going for 148 pages already, so it's very strange that a new person starts narrating as though he's been doing it all along. In any case, you can see that like so many Conan pastiches this is a hack effort to capitalize on the Conan lore. Authors cannot seem to agree on who the Picts are, though Green comes closer than some. Green portrays the Picts as lowly creatures, skilled woodsman but really only semi-evolved humans. This is pretty much how Robert E. Howard described them. (Other authors have turned them into more of a noble savage-type race.) Finally, I'll mention the plot. It's your basic Conan v. sorcery story. Conan encounters a magician's portal leading out of the Black Kingdoms into the Pictish wilderness. He enters it with a band of warriors and adventure ensues. This really isn't a great story and not terribly fun. I wouldn't recommend it.
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