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Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. Howard

Shadows in the Moonlight

Robert E. Howard, Jim Roberts, Jimcin Recordings

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · June 10, 2014

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Who it’s for
A compact Conan tale where peril and eerie mystery share the moonlit stage.
Genres
Fantasy Adventure, Dark Fantasy
Published
Start Publishing LLC, June 10, 2014

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About this book

"Shadows in the Moonlight" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934. Howard originally named his story "Iron Shadows in the Moon".

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It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan escaping to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron statues.

Moonlit Peril

A compact Conan tale where peril and eerie mystery share the moonlit stage.

Come here for

  • Sword-and-sorcery adventure with a shadowy, uncanny edge
  • A remote island, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron statues

Expect

  • A sustained adventure in Howard’s Hyborian Age
  • Dark fantasy atmosphere without losing the forward drive

Where it sits

Dark Fantasy70%
Fantasy Adventure59%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Horror
  • Romance Adventure
Authors
Robert E. Howard, Jim Roberts, Jimcin Recordings
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
June 10, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Action & Adventure