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Conan the Bold
cover of Conan the BoldAuthor(s) John Maddox Roberts Cover artist Ken Kelly Country United States Language English Series Conan the Barbarian Genre(s) Sword and sorcery Fantasy Publisher Tor Books Publication date 1989 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 282 pp ISBN 0-812-55210-5 Conan the Bold is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1989 and reprinted in June 1997.
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Plot
Young Conan's prospects for a domestic existence are murdered along with his intended by the renegade Taharka of Keshan. To achieve vengeance the Cimmerian pursues his nemesis from Croton's fighting pits to the Ophirian plains, a chase culminating in a battle to the death.
Reception
Writing of some other Tor Conan novels, reviewer Harvey Ryan called Roberts "the most consistently successful of its stable of authors,"[1] and "the most consistently entertaining" of them, showing "deft ability with storytelling and action scenes, and a thankful tendency not to overplay his hand and try to ape Robert E. Howard’s style."[2]
Notes
Reference
- Conan the Bold publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Fantastic Fiction entry for Conan the Bold
Categories:- 1989 novels
- Conan the Barbarian novels
- American fantasy novels
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