Conan the Hunter

Conan the Hunter
cover of Conan the Hunter
Author(s)	Sean A. Moore
Cover artist	Ken W. Kelly
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Conan the Barbarian
Genre(s)	Sword and sorcery Fantasy
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1994
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	245 pp
ISBN	0-812-53531-6
Preceded by	Conan the Defiant
Followed by	Conan the Indomitable

Conan the Hunter is a fantasy novel written by Sean A. Moore featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in January 1994.^[1]

Plot

After facing a sewer monster, Conan is enlisted against a demon sorceress's conspiracy to restore the fortunes of her ancient race. In their struggle against Valtresca and Azora, the Cimmerian and his allies Salvorus, Kailash the hillman and the young priest Madesus encounter numerous traps and divine intervention in an adventure culminating in a ruined temple with legions of gargoyles and the resurrection of the horrific villain Skauraul.

Reception

In this novel, Moore's first, he has been praised for his "strengths ... in crafting a clever, dense plot with immense, epic scope, and populating it with an imaginative flood of action and monsters." He has also been criticized for "two tremendous flaws; first, "overwrit[ing] to an incredible degree" and second, a structure that is "choppy and ... start-and-stop ... mak[ing] it difficult to keep up continual interest in the plot." But the book "does have some delicious moments where you can almost forget the overall problems"^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Conan the Hunter publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2. ^ Harvey, Ryan. "Pastiches 'R' Us: Conan the Hunter" (Review), Nov. 17, 2009.

Preceded by Conan the Defiant

Conan series Conan the Hunter

Succeeded by Conan the Indomitable