_The tale of a silent dead sea of black stone set in the drifting sands of the desert, and of a flaming gem clutched in the bony fingers of a skeleton on an ancient throne._ Robert E. Howard is dead, but his genius lives on in his fascinating, vivid stories. He had the knack of depicting his characters in action so that they stepped out of the printed page and gripped the sympathies of the readers--Conan the barbarian adventurer--Solomon Kane, the dour Puritan soldier and redresser of wrongs--King Kull, the valiant fighter from the shadowy kingdoms of the world's dawn--heroes all, and doughty men of might. The posthumous weird tale by Mr. Howard presented here, "The Fire of Asshurbanipal," …
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