I have long been a fan of James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes pastiches, especially the ones with Cthulhu. But as James Lovegrove admits in his Afterword, he has been a fan of Conan just as long as he’s been a fan of Sherlock Holmes. When the opportunity to write a Conan pastiche for Titian Books appeared, Lovegrove seized it.

Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon takes Conan to a region called the Rotlands infected by a mysterious forces. Conan and his allies, Hunwulf and Gudrun, pursue a menacing flying figure who kidnaps Hunwulf and Gudrun’s teenage son, Bjorn.

Conan learns that Bjorn isn’t the only young person kidnapped by the the flying figures. Clearly, there is a plot to use the youngsters to bring more Evil into the world.

Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon, full of fighting and struggle, takes the reader deep into forbidden lands and dangerous lands. I found Lovegrove’s tribute to Conan a worthy addition to the many very good Conan pastiches written over the years. Are you fan of Conan? GRADE: B+