Table of Contents

The Lion Cub; The Skull of Shirzad Mir; Said Afzel's Elephant; Prophecy of the Blind; Rose Face; Ameer of the Sea; Law of Fire; The Bride of Jagannath; The Masterpiece of Death; The Curved Sword

Promotional Information

Collection of stories by lost fantasy master Harold Lamb about his most famous hero, Khlit the Cossack.

About the Author

Harold Lamb (1892–1962), who wrote biographies and screenplays as well as historical fiction, is best remembered today for his tales of Cossacks and Crusaders. Howard Andrew Jones is the editor in chief of the online journal Sword and Sorcery and of the e-zine Flashing Swords. David Drake is a prolific author of fantasy and science fiction, including the Lord of the Isles series and the Raj Whitehall series.

Reviews

"One of the finest adventure fiction writers of the twentieth century."--Robert Weinberg "Lamb knew how to write straight-ahead adventure the way Michelangelo knew how to paint."--S. M. Stirling "They are tales of wild adventure, full of swordplay, plots, treachery, startling surprises, mayhem, and massacre, laid in the most exotic setting that one can imagine and still stay in a known historical period on this planet."--L. Sprague de Camp "Lamb was an expert plotter. His stories...fly forward with the velocity of galloping horsemen. Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, viewed them as models...Like a burial mound's hidden hoard of treasure, they lay undisturbed, awaiting their rediscovery by Mr. Jones--and now a growing band of admirers." JOHN J. MILLER, The Wall Street Journal, 26th Aug 2009