Son of the White Wolf

By Robert E. Howard

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1936 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Son of the White Wolf' is a story in the El Borak series about a Texan gunman in early 20th Century Afghanistan. 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: 9781473397835

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Reviews for Son of the White Wolf

[michael5rimmer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Visceral desert adventure with Francis Xavier Gordon in early 20th century Afghanistan, with a foray into Turkey.

Gordon is known as El Borak, "The Swift", amongst the desert tribes,due to his almost supernatural reflexes. He's an American gunfighter who's found his place among the tribal factions of the east and the spymasters of the western imperial powers.

Loved, feared or hated in equal measure by those who've crossed his path, depending upon whether they've earned his trust or enmity, Gordon is indomitably loyal, implacably vengeful.

Although, like all of Howard's heroes, Gordon is an unbeatable fighter, he's at his best in these stories when he's playing off the opposing sides vying for power at this crossroads of political intrigue.

[andy_dimartino · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Just a good rollicking Sword & Sorcery adventure to pull you along at a fast clip after slogging thru a 900 pg novel before and another following. Robert E. Howard really could just write a constant fight scene. Conan, Kull and now Gordon. Surprised it took me 50 years to come across this guy.