Drums of Tombalku
short fiction 1966 Conan / Kull / Bran Mak Morn
Record
| First published | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status |
Synopsis
The mercenary Amalric rescues a woman, Lissa, from desert bandits and brings her to the mysterious city of Gazal, whose terrorized inhabitants worship a supernatural monster in a tower; investigating, Amalric discovers a connection to his old comrade Conan and to larger political conflicts.
Where it sits
- Universe: Conan / Kull / Bran Mak Morn
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Robert E. Howard
Notes
- An unfinished Howard fragment/synopsis, completed by L. Sprague de Camp for first publication in Conan the Adventurer. Registered as Robert E. Howard's original draft plus a named completer's finishing work, not pure Howard, and not registered as Core Canon.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Conan / Kull / Bran Mak Morn (standalone work): position 25 of 32: previous The Frost-Giant's Daughter (1954) · next The Vale of Lost Women (1967)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard_bibliography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums_of_Tombalku
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