The Road of Kings

The Road of Kings
The Road of Kings by Karl Edward Wagner, Bantam Books, 1979
Author(s)	Karl Edward Wagner
Cover artist	Bob Larkin
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Conan the Barbarian
Genre(s)	Sword and sorcery Fantasy novel
Publisher	Bantam Books
Publication date	1979
Media type	Print (Paperback)
ISBN	ISBN 0553120263 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC Number	79406374

The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel written by Karl Edward Wagner featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1986, reissued 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions all other editions were issued under the variant title Conan: The Road of Kings.

Plot

The novel features Conan during his buccaneering days. He becomes involved in thwarting a plot to take over the turbulent kingdom of Zingara, complicated by sorcery rooted in the long lost realm of Acheron. At the end of the story he himself has the opportunity to take the Zingaran throne, but uncharacteristically turns it down.

References

• The Road of Kings publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database