It's Swords Versus Sorcery As Conan Faces Dark Gods

Currently scheduled for release on Life Day, Conan: Gold for Dark Gods has just been announced as a new, original, hardback adventure for Robert E Howard's legendary barbarian.

Published by Titan Books, in partnership with Heroic Signatures, the 400-page novel by sword-and-sorcery author Jonathan French, will be part of - although self-contained - Tides of the Tyrant-King, Titan's next big event storyline in its wildly successful Conan The Barbarian comic book line.

The official blurb for the book, now available for pre-order ahead of its November 17 publication, is as follows:

Conan returns to Shadizar the Wicked, the world’s cruellest city, after an old ally is executed for daring to defy the cabal of nobles who rule. He’s come to ensure the tutelage of his dead comrade’s son, and Conan’s first lesson to the boy — take revenge!

The rich masters of Shadizar rule through masks. Finding them is nigh impossible, killing them pointless, for more moneyed men would only step forward. There is only one way to make them pay: rob them blind. To succeed, Conan assembles a crew to infiltrate the Gilded Garden, the fortress-palace where the city’s elite hoard their wealth. If they can find it…

As the crew search for the Gilded Garden, they uncover it contains not only the rulers’ wealth but the sorcerous secrets of their power — ancient pacts with dark gods.

Conan must choose: is he merely a thief chasing coin and vengeance—or something far more dangerous? A rebel willing to topple a regime.

In the meantime, don't forget there's a horror-themed Conan novel, The Brides of Crom, hitting stores next month (earlier than original announced).