The Phoenix on the Sword

By Robert E. Howard

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1932 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Phoenix on the Sword' is a story in the Conan series where he foils a plot to overthrow him as King of Aquilonia. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

• Language: English
• Publisher: White Press
• Release date: Feb 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781473398115

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Reviews for The Phoenix on the Sword

[danielalgara · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Definitely pulp. But wow, what a writer.

[joe73-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is one of my favorites by Howard. The way this story flows is a perfect premise for the start of this supposed Conan film that Arnold has been talking about for years. He is at the right time and place and the right age to do this. Perfect story to start a movie about an old and grouchy King Conan.