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Conan the Hunter
cover of Conan the HunterAuthor(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
- ^ Conan the Hunter publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Harvey, Ryan. "Pastiches 'R' Us: Conan the Hunter" (Review), Nov. 17, 2009.
Preceded by
Conan the DefiantConan series
Conan the HunterSucceeded by
Conan the IndomitableCategories:- 1994 novels
- Conan the Barbarian novels
- Fantasy novels
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