Beyond The Black River

This Halcyon Classics ebook is Robert E. Howard''s Conan tale BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER.At the edge of the Pictish Wilderness Conan serves the Aquilonian garrison as a scout and soldier. But trouble is brewing beyond the black river where the Picts are gathering to drive the Hyborians back with sorcery and treachery.Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) is best known today for creating the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan subject of two movies and dozens of books. However during his short life Howard also published stories in a number of other genres. In addition to fantasy Howard wrote boxing stories westerns detective stories horror and created an number of compelling characters such as Solomon Kane Bran Mak Morn El Borak Steve Costigan Pike Bearfield King Kull and Conan the Cimmerian. Howard committed suicide in 1936.This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with minor errors and omissions corrected.