Conan the Cimmerian: the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved in legendary lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural specters nor demonic magic could resist the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and sent his enemies to a bloody fate on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age. Gathered in one volume for the first time, in chronological order, are the stories of Robert E. Howard's legendary hero, as fresh and atmospheric today as when they were first published in pulp magazines more than seventy years ago. Compiled by and with an introduction and annotations by award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones.