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Conan the Champion
cover of Conan the ChampionAuthor(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 1987 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 280 pp ISBN 0-812-54260-6 Conan the Championis 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 1987 and reprinted in January 1989. The first British edition was published in paperback by Sphere Books, also in January 1989.
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Plot
Shipwrecked on the northern short of the Vilayet Sea, Conan finds himself stranded for the winter in the midst of small warring kingdoms. Joining the force of one of the factions, he finds himself champion of Queen Alcuina in opposition to competing rulers Odoac and Totila. As a wild card in the local struggled, all parties seek to use him to trip the balance in their own favor. Stranded in a mysterious otherworld, Conan and Alcuina must find a way to escape before everything can be resolved.
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]
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Reference
- Conan the Champion publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Fantastic Fiction entry for Conan the Champion
Categories:- 1987 novels
- Conan the Barbarian novels
- American fantasy novels
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