{"product_id":"conan-the-barbarian-the-ultimate-collection","title":"Conan The Barbarian: The Ultimate Collection","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Audiobook\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and the sting of wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, and the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson—and I am content.\"\n\nBetween the fall of Atlantis and the rise of known history, there was an age undreamed of—a time of ruthless kings, dark sorcery, and savage warriors. And among them all, one name stands above the rest: Conan the Barbarian.\n\nThis collection presents every tale written by Robert E. Howard about the legendary Cimmerian—thief, reaver, slayer, and king—who carved his way through a world steeped in blood and magic. From the haunted ruins of forgotten empires to the decadent courts of civilization, from the howling wastes to the clash of armies on the battlefield, Conan's saga unfolds in relentless adventure.\n\n\"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?\nI, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.\nThe subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;\nRush in and die, dogs—I was a man before I was a king!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert E. Howard (1906–1936) was an American writer from the dusty plains of Texas who, in a career of barely a dozen years, became one of the founding fathers of modern fantasy and the undisputed creator of the sword-and-sorcery genre. Writing at a furious pace for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s — above all the legendary Weird Tales — he conjured a gallery of unforgettable heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull of Atlantis, the Puritan avenger Solomon Kane, and the Pictish chieftain Bran Mak Morn, along with a torrent of horror, historical adventure, boxing, and western tales. His prose is muscular, vivid, and drenched in blood and thunder, evoking vanished ages where barbarism and civilization clash beneath brooding skies. Though he took his own life at just thirty, Howard left behind a body of work whose influence echoes through the writing of Tolkien's successors, the pages of countless comics, and the roots of role-playing games and epic cinema, securing his place as an immortal voice of heroic fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48126602608791,"sku":"9788368887426","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/9788368887426.jpg?v=1786556080","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/conan-the-barbarian-the-ultimate-collection","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}