Robert E. Howard is best known for his stories of Conan the Barbarian. But Howard was a prolific writer who created several characters. One of Howard’s oddest, but compelling, characters is Solomon Kane, a Puritan adventurer. The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, a Del Rey collection from 1998, brings the stories from 1930s back into print for a new generation of readers.
Most of Solomon Kane’s tales involve occult powers and creepy settings. Whether it’s a battle in the Black Forest or a scary trek through the jungles of Africa, Solomon Kane faces many forms of Evil.
My favorite Solomon Kane story is “The Moon of Skulls” where Kane takes on the beautiful vampire queen of Negari. Another jungle adventure, “Red Shadows,” features battles between Kane and the cunning Frenchman, Le Loup.
Robert E. Howard is one of the greatest writers of fantasy fiction. The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane contains hours of high entertainment. Are you a REH fan? GRADE: A
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword by Gary Gianni | xi | |
| In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard By H. P. Lovecraft | xiii | |
| Skulls in the Stars | 1 | |
| The Right Hand of Doom | 19 | |
| Red Shadows | 29 | |
| Rattle of Bones | 73 | |
| The Castle of the Devil | 85 | |
| Death’s Black Riders | 93 | |
| The Moon of Skulls | 97 | |
| The One Black Stain | 171 | |
| The Blue Flame of Vengeance | 177 | |
| The Hills of the Dead | 223 | |
| Hawk of Basti | 255 | |
| The Return of Sir Richard Grenville | 269 | |
| Wings in the Night | 273 | |
| The Footfalls Within | 323 | |
| The Children of Asshur | 347 | |
| Solomon Kane’s Homecoming | 379 | |
| Solomon Kane’s Homecoming (Variant) | 385 | |
| Appendices | ||
| A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard by Rusty Burke | 393 | |
| Gary Gianni | 407 | |
| Notes on the Original Howard Text | 409 |
How can I not be a Robert E. Howard fan? And, if I may blaspheme just a little bit, I prefer the Solomon Kane stories over his Conan tales.
Jerry, both Solomon Kane and Conan share some tendencies to get into trouble…and battle their way out! I always enjoy the deep, dark jungles Howard sends Kane into to face danger!
No. But all I’ve read is Conan, and this sounds more interesting.
OK , got the Kindle edition for 99 cents.
Jeff, you got yourself a deal! I think you’ll get way more than 99 cents worth of entertainment!
Jeff, Solomon Kane is a more complex character than Conan. This anthology collects all the important Kane stories.
The stories that were either completed by or written to outline by other writers in the first REHoward boom have all been deleted now, with just the Howard fragments included in the current books. But Ramsey Campbell’s contributions to the Solomon Kane saga were particularly good.
Jeff, you’re right about Ramsey Campbell’s contributions to the Solomon Kane saga!