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    Queen of the Black Coast
    Queen of the Black Coast
    Queen of the Black Coast
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    Queen of the Black Coast

    By Robert E. Howard

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    The story begins in an Argos port where Conan forcefully demands passage aboard a sail barge, the Argus, which is casting off for southern waters to trade beads, silks, sugar and brass-hilted swords to the black kings of Kush. The captain of the barge reluctantly agrees to Conan's request for passage only after several threats of violence. The captain is soon informed that Conan is fleeing the civil authorities of Argos due to a court dispute in which Conan refused to betray the whereabouts of a casual friend to a fascistic magistrate…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPerennial Press
    Release dateMar 11, 2016
    ISBN9781531257057

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      Queen of the Black Coast - Robert E. Howard

      QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST

      Robert E. Howard

      PERENNIAL PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Robert E. Howard

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Conan Joins the Pirates

      The Black Lotus

      The Horror in the Jungle

      The Attack from the Air

      The Funeral Pyre

      CONAN JOINS THE PIRATES

      Believe green buds awaken in the spring,

      That autumn paints the leaves with somber fire;

      Believe I held my heart inviolate

      To lavish on one man my hot desire.

      THE SONG OF BÊLIT

      Hoofs drummed down the street that sloped to the wharfs. The folk that yelled and scattered had only a fleeting glimpse of a mailed figure on a black stallion, a wide scarlet cloak flowing out on the wind. Far up the street came the shout and clatter of pursuit, but the horseman did not look back. He swept out onto the wharfs and jerked the plunging stallion back on its haunches at the very lip of the pier. Seamen gaped up at him, as they stood to the sweep and striped sail of a high-prowed, broad-waisted galley. The master, sturdy and black-bearded, stood in the bows, easing her away from the piles with a boat-hook. He yelled angrily as the horseman sprang from the saddle and with a long leap landed squarely on the mid-deck.

      ‘Who invited you aboard?’

      ‘Get under way!’ roared the intruder with a fierce gesture that spattered red drops from his broadsword.

      ‘But we’re bound for the coasts of Kush!’ expostulated the master.

      ‘Then I’m for Kush! Push off, I tell you!’ The other cast a quick glance up the street, along which a squad of horsemen were galloping; far behind them toiled a group of archers, crossbows on their shoulders.

      ‘Can you pay for your passage?’ demanded the master.

      ‘I pay my way with steel!’ roared the man in armor, brandishing the great sword that glittered bluely in the sun. ‘By Crom, man, if you don’t get under way, I’ll drench this galley in the blood of its crew!’

      The shipmaster was a good judge of men. One glance at the dark scarred face of the swordsman, hardened with passion, and he shouted a quick order, thrusting strongly against the piles. The galley wallowed out into clear water, the oars began to clack rhythmically; then a puff of wind filled the shimmering sail, the light ship heeled to the gust, then took her course like a swan, gathering headway as she skimmed along.

      On the wharfs the riders were shaking their swords and shouting threats and commands that the ship put about, and yelling for the bowmen to hasten before the craft was out of arbalest range.

      ‘Let them rave,’ grinned the swordsman hardily. ‘Do you keep her on

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