The Hour of the Dragon

Find the heart of your kingdom. With these cryptic words the sylvan witch Zelata sends Conan the barbarian once-and-future king of Aquilonia forth on a quest that will take him back along all the long weary trails he once trod on his way to the kingship of the greatest of the Hyborian nations. Along the way he'll battle traitorous noblemen crafty bandits scheming merchants bloodthirsty pirates mysterious assassins from the East eldritch vampires from the tomb and powerful Stygian wizard-priests - and in the end he'll face an enemy called up from the land's nightmare-haunted past an evil ancient wizard who plans to bring back his 3000-year-old empire of blood and sorcery.... The Pulp-Lit Press Annotated Storytellers' Editions are designed for listeners who are interested in the art and craft of storytelling - which is to say usually fiction writers. Annotations are in depth and focus on identifying appreciating and learning from the techniques and tools each author uses to weave his or her particular brand of narrative magic.