Conan the Bold

Conan the Bold
cover of Conan the Bold
Author(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.

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

1. ^ Harvey, Ryan. "Pastiches 'R' Us: Conan and the Treasure of Python" (Review), Mar. 24, 2009.
2. ^ Harvey, Ryan. "Pastiches 'R' Us: Conan and the Amazon" (Review), Sep. 21, 2010.

Reference

• Conan the Bold publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Fantastic Fiction entry for Conan the Bold