Conan the Rebel

Conan the Rebel
Conan the Rebel  
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Conan the Rebel by Poul Anderson, Bantam Books, 1980
Author(s) Poul Anderson
Cover artist Tim Kirk
Country United States
Language English
Series Conan the Barbarian
Genre(s) Sword and sorcery
Publisher Bantam Books
Publication date 1980
Pages 208 pp.
ISBN 0-553-13831-6

Conan the Rebel is a 1980 fantasy novel written by Poul Anderson featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in July 1980. It was reprinted once by Bantam (1981) and twice by Ace Books (1988, 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in 2001; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2003. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1988.

Plot

Chronologically, Conan the Rebel occurs between chapters 1 and 2 of the Robert E. Howard Conan story "Queen of the Black Coast". It details the involvement of Conan and his lover, the pirate Belit, in a rebellion of an eastern province of the kingdom of Stygia.

References

  • Conan the Rebel publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database