Conan of Aquilonia
Cover of first edition
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| Author | L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter |
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| Cover artist | Boris Vallejo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Conan the Barbarian |
| Genre | Sword and sorcery |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
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1977 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 171 pp |
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| OCLC | 3068744 |
Conan of Aquilonia is a collection of four linked fantasy short stories by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The stories were originally published in Fantastic in August 1972, July 1973, July 1974, and February 1975. The collected stories were intended for book publication by Lancer Books, but this edition never appeared due to Lancer's bankruptcy, and the first book edition was issued in paperback by Ace Books in paperback in May 1977. It was reprinted by Ace in July 1981, April 1982, November 1982, August 1983, July 1984, 1986, June 1991, and April 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978, and reprinted in July 1988. The book has also been translated into French
At the age of 60, King Conan of Aquilonia engages in his final struggle with his arch-foe, the black magician Thoth-Amon of Stygia, servant of the evil god 'Set. First Conan must journey to Hyperborea to rescue his kidnapped son Prince Conn from an unholy alliance of the Stygian sorcerer and the witch queen Louhi. Next Conan and Conn carry the struggle to their enemy's stronghold in Stygia itself at the head of an invading army and aided by the white druid Diviatix. Pursuing their defeated foe southward, they confront him again, first in the kingdom of Zembabwei and at last at the very edge of the world, where Conan and Thoth-Amon face each other in a final astral duel.
Conan of Aquilonia depicts the coming of age of Conan's son Conn. In the beginning Conn is still very much of a boy, afraid of a heavy belting that he could expect from his father for disobedience. By the end he is already a seasoned warrior, who took part in various kinds of battle, faced up to capture and imminent death, saved his father's life and took a crucial part in the final defeat of his father's old foe Thoth-Amon - making him quite ready to succeed as King Conan II (which he would seven years hence, in Conan of the Isles).
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