I will say that one of the greatest pleasures for me, so far as reading Howard goes, was getting my hands on the Del Rey volumes in which his work is presented without the meddling hands of posthumous editors. He went ahead and wrote 700 words to finish off "The Temple Of Abomination" and a whopping 5,200 words to finish "Tigers Of The Sea." Something about this practice rubs me the wrong way, though I can understand the need to provide finished stories for publication. Tierney, in his introduction, reveals that two of the stories were unfinished when the manuscripts were found. He's not nearly as developed as Kull or Conan, little information is given about his past, but his great feats of cunning and combat make for an exciting read. Cormac is a hero in the same line as many of Howard's characters, including Kull, Bran Mak Morn and Conan. These stories are set in Britain after the fall of the Roman empire. Four fantastic tales of vikings, piracy and violence in the classic Howard vein.
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