Publisher's Synopsis
Ablaze returns with two more thrilling adventures of Robert E. Howard'sfamous Cimmerian! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual.Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian Vol 3 includes two completestories, Iron Shadows in the Moon, and The Man-Eaters of Zamboula, plus bonusmaterial, including the original prose stories, in one hardcovercollection!
In Iron Shadows in the Moon, a young woman in danger ispursued by her vile master. Conan, whose family has just been wiped out by thissame master, puts an end to the beauty's pursuer, and saves her with a blow ofhis sword. Bound by fate, the couple decide to hit the road together. Theirjourney takes them to an island where they discover strange ruins inhabited bydark magic. Their paradise-like refuge soon turns into a suffocating nightmarewhere shadows lurk. Who knows the extent of the dangers that lie there? Theywill quickly learn that on an island, the biggest threat does not always comefrom the outside... Iron Shadows in the Moon reveals the genius of its author indescribing universes as singular as they are mysterious. With her line, bothdelicate and powerful, Virginie Augustin illustrates this oppressive andmystical atmosphere, and gives the story a new graphic breath.
In TheMan-Eaters of Zamboula, the Cimmerian finds himself in the land of a thousandand one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages andcultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene of many darklegends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned of the dangers of AramBaksh's home. It is said that most of the foreigners who stay there disappearunder obscure circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian isspending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious cases ofkidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret, even more terrible,linked to the whole of the city of Zamboula... A story imbued with orientalismand macabre witchcraft, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess theopportunity to deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic bookstory of exotic and dark beauty.
In Iron Shadows in the Moon, a young woman in danger ispursued by her vile master. Conan, whose family has just been wiped out by thissame master, puts an end to the beauty's pursuer, and saves her with a blow ofhis sword. Bound by fate, the couple decide to hit the road together. Theirjourney takes them to an island where they discover strange ruins inhabited bydark magic. Their paradise-like refuge soon turns into a suffocating nightmarewhere shadows lurk. Who knows the extent of the dangers that lie there? Theywill quickly learn that on an island, the biggest threat does not always comefrom the outside... Iron Shadows in the Moon reveals the genius of its author indescribing universes as singular as they are mysterious. With her line, bothdelicate and powerful, Virginie Augustin illustrates this oppressive andmystical atmosphere, and gives the story a new graphic breath.
In TheMan-Eaters of Zamboula, the Cimmerian finds himself in the land of a thousandand one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages andcultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene of many darklegends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned of the dangers of AramBaksh's home. It is said that most of the foreigners who stay there disappearunder obscure circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian isspending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious cases ofkidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret, even more terrible,linked to the whole of the city of Zamboula... A story imbued with orientalismand macabre witchcraft, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess theopportunity to deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic bookstory of exotic and dark beauty.
