Après les événements de l'histoire « Le trésor de Tranicos", Conan joint une conspiration d'anciens camarade-dans-bras au renversement Numedides, le roi fou de Aquilonia. Comme commandant des forces rebelles, il a la perspective du roi devenant lui-même s'ils réussissent, mais il a non seulement les troupes fidèles de Numedides à faire face à, mais le sorcier mauvais Thulandra Thuu.

Conan Le Libérateur

Soixante ans ! Jamais Conan, le guerrier aux mille batailles, n'aurait cru atteindre un tel âge, qui lui donne l'aspect farouche d'un loup gris solitaire.Jamais non plus il n'aurait rêvé d'un tel destin, lui le barbare intraitable de la brumeuse Cimmérie : il est le roi Conan, souverain d'Aquilonie, le prince qui depuis vingt ans règne sur un monde de paix et d'ordre. À cette idée, sa carcasse de géant frémit. À vrai dire, Conan s'ennuie. Il se languit de l'ivresse des combats, l'odeur du danger lui manque... Or, voilà que les Ombres Rouges s'abattent soudain sur le pays, dévorant l'âme des vivants. La Terreur à l'état pur.Un rêve incite Conan à partir combattre cette sombre magie... et un sourire carnassier s'épanouit sur le visage du vieux combattant : de nouveau, le monde hyborien va résonner du fracas des armes !

Conan l'Explorateur (Conan 12)

Bessas of Zariaspa is a young officer in the Immortals regiment, sworn to protect and obey his King at all costs. The King wishes immortality and to that end tasks Bessas to find items that make an immortality potion, including the blood of a dragon and the ear of a king. The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate is a swashbuckling historical novel with larger-than-life characters, set in a detailed historical background that only a scholar like de Camp can create.

The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate

"Pure swashbuckling fun with a touch of bawdiness."-P. Schuyler Miller, reviewer for Astounding Science Fiction and Analog."A remarkable job."- Galaxy Science Fiction magazineCelebrated author L. Sprague de Camp recaptures our imaginations with this accounting of the relationship between of God and Man in a tale that critic Groff Conklin says is ".in the Conan tradition in every sense of the word, though better written."When the Gods of the West assemble to talk about the fate of the bronze age lands of Poseidonis, Drax, the Tritonian god of war declares that a danger to their kind hails from the kingdom of Lorsk, and more particularly, from the royal family. Entigta, sea-god to the Gorgons, appears before King Zeluud, ordering him to make war upon those who threaten them the most. In the kingdom of Lorsk King Zhabutir's twin sons, Vakar and Kuros, are at odds. Vakar, being the younger by a quarter-hour, is heir according to their old system of ultimogeniture, which Kuros finds unjust. But when the threat to their kingdom becomes known, Vakar is sent on a quest to obtain the thing that the Gods fear most-The Tritonian Ring-for he is the one man whose actions the Gods cannot divine, the one man for whom the gods do not appear in dreams. Granting its bearer the ability to repel magic or interference from the gods, The Tritonian Ring could turn the tide of any battle. But as Vakar traverses the many kingdoms for the ring made out of metal fallen from the stars, many obstacles-distractions-will stand in his way..

The Tritonian Ring

What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian elephant. After capturing a magnificent specimen from an Indian ruler, Alexander tasks Leon of Atrax, a cavalry commander, to deliver the animal to Aristotle in Athens. Leon leads a motley crew of companions (and the elephant) from India to Greece, and in the process encounter all sorts of dangers and adventures while completing the long and arduous journey.

An Elephant for Aristotle

Rarely do books have such a great influence on a genre as Lest Darkness Fall has had on science fiction. Frequently quoted as one of the favorite books of many of the masters in this genre, this book by L. Sprague de Camp helped establish alternate-history as solid sub-genre of science fiction. An indication of the influence and longevity of the book is by the number of best-selling writers who have written stories in direct response to, or influenced by, Lest Darkness Fall. The original tribute volume (titled Lest Darkness Fall and Related Stories, reprinted three such stories by Frederik Pohl, David Drake and S. M. Stirling written over a period of forty-three years?a testament to the timelessness of the book. The 2021 edition (Lest Darkness Fall and Timeless Tales Told in Tribute) includes two brand new stories by Harry Turtledove and David Weber. Similar, thematically, to Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the book tells the tale of Martin Padway who, as he is walking around in modern Rome, is suddenly transported though time to 6th Century Rome. Once in ancient Rome, Padway (now Martinus Paduei Quastor) embarks on an ambitious project of single-handedly changing history. L. Sprague de Camp was a student of history (and the author of a number of popular works on the subject). In Lest Darkness Fall he combines his extensive knowledge of the workings of ancient Rome with his extraordinary imagination to create one of the best books of time travel ever written. This volume also includes an afterword by Alexei and Cory Panshin, adapted from their Hugo-winning book on science fiction, The World Beyond the Hill.

Lest Darkness Fall & Timeless Tales Written in Tribute

The Bronze God of Rhodes is written as the memoirs of Chares of Lindos. Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. A pupil of Lysippos, Chares eventually built the Colossus of Rhodes, now considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. These memoirs present the trials and tribulations (some of them hilarious) of the sculptor as he undertakes various projects and is forced into a number of adventures, particularly in Ptolemaic Egypt. This is the second historical novel that L. Sprague de Camp wrote (in order of writing), drawing upon his extensive and detailed historical knowledge of the period.

The Bronze God of Rhodes

Créateur d'un mythe totalement original et "fondateur", Howard Phillips Lovecraft est, sans conteste, non seulement le plus grand écrivain fantastique de ce siècle, mais aussi, à l'égal d'Edgar Allan Poe, un grand écrivain tout court.Méconnu de son vivant, il est devenu, depuis sa mort, dans le monde entier, l'objet d'un véritable "culte".Sa vie et sa personnalité- aussi étranges et énigmatiques que son oeuvre- sont ici présentées pour la première fois au lecteur français.Cette biographie monumentale est suivie d'une importante bibliographie.

H.P. Lovecraft: Le roman de sa vie

A quelque vingt cinq degrés au nord de l'équateur de Krishma s'étend la Mer Danjao, la plus grande étendue d'eau de la planète. Là se cache le Sungar, empire de légende et de mystère. Sous les rayons torrides de Rogir pourrissent lentement les galères pointues de Dur et les trirèmes ventrues de Jazmurian prises dans l'étreinte impitoyable de ce vaste continent flottant mi-aquatique, mi-végétal. Même les violents orages qui sévissent dans cette partie de la planète arrivent à peine à rider la surface de cet immense marécage glauque. Pourtant, parfois apparaît un bouillonnement sinistre qui révèle la présence des monstres qui règnent en maîtres incontestés des profondeurs, le plus redoutable étant le gvàm, autrement appelé le harponneur.

Conan Le Libérateur

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