- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Tor Fantasy (April 15 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812552105
- ISBN-13: 978-0812552102
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 45 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,443,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Young Conan takes the ancient blood oath of revenge without mercy against the ruthless slave trader Taharka of Keshan, who slaughters a small village--including the girl who was to have been Conan`s bride. Reissue. "
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Young Conan takes the ancient blood oath of revenge without mercy against the ruthless slave trader Taharka of Keshan, who slaughters a small village--including the girl who was to have been Conan's bride. Reissue."
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Globe trotting in the Hyborean Age,
By "jmbyrne25" (West Chester, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conan The Bold (Mass Market Paperback)
Conan the Bold follows our Cimmerian hero from his Northern homeland all the way to southern Stygia. The plot can be divided into four geographic settings - The first, in Cimmeria, sets the tone for the book well and gives the reader a brief glimpse of what Conan's life might have been life had he settled down at an early age. The second, in the slave pits of a backwater town were action packed with some dramatic fights. In the third setting in Ophir, dragged, before the book reached its exciting climax in Stygia.The plot itself was a little predictable and the villians were somewhat cowardly. The strength of this book lies in the charachterization. Conan is only a teenager in this book and naive to the ways of civilization and this gets him in some trouble early on. The author also does a good job of illustrating how citizens of rival nations don't like or trust one another - something often overlooked in Conan stories. This is the only Conan tale I've read where Stygia is depicted as a place of high civilization and religion (albeit corrupt), and not of a nation of evil incarnate. For once the citizens have numerous gods to worship and not just the evil Set. It was a nice change. The heroine Kayla was written very well. Many women in this series are depicted as either shrinking violets easily woed by Conan's charms and in need of rescue or as double dealing rogues w/ a hidden agenda. Kayla was a tough warrior, w/ an inpendant nature who helped show the Cimmerian some of the ways of civilization. This is a fun book and worthwhile for Conan fans, but not in the upper echilon on the series. I would recommend reading Conan and the Amazon by this author first.
2.0 out of 5 stars
review by longtime Conan fan,
By A Customer
This review is from: Conan The Bold (Mass Market Paperback)
I have had the opportunity to read just about all the books written about Conan, so I have a little different viewpoint than the other reviewers. What appealed to me most about the Conan saga was exactly that; the majority of his adventures could be listed in order, in accordance to the oft published "biography" of Conan that appeared in the 12 voloume series by Ace Books which reintroduced Conan to recent readers and periodically, in later books. That is why I have a problem with this book. It has a good story, characters, and action but doesn't fit into the the timeline. This adventure takes place apparently before his escape from the Hyperborean slave pen and his well documented trek to Zamora and his first taste of civilation. Heck, in this story he traveled the length of the western world. Plus he was friends with a PICT!!. Too bad; Roberts writes Conan better than anyone since Robert Jordan, and with a more accurate placment, this book could rank up there with the best.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good,
By A Customer
This review is from: Conan The Bold (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought this was one of the best books out of the 5 I've read so far. I really liked the beginning; how it had him in Cimmeria. I also enjoyed how Cimmerian beliefs and customs were explained throughout the story as well. Taharka and company weren't bad villains, and the whole thing with the priests was pretty cool. One of my favorite sections of the book would have to be all of the action at Croton. I thought the part with the circus caravan was dumb, but it did serve its purpose, and it was hard imagining the bandits setting up a cave base like they did. Overall, I thought it was really good, but I gave it a 4 because of minor things that I thought were stupid and the end seemed rushed and kind of weak. However, I would recommend it.
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