The pulse-pounding return of Conan, the most iconic fantasy hero in popular culture, with a brand-new standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling, tied directly to the famous tales written by the legendary Robert E. Howard.

Conan the Barbarian, the world’s most famous fantasy hero, returns in an all-new novel tied directly to the famous works by his legendary creator, Robert E. Howard.

Set early in his life, Conan has left his northern homeland to cut a bloody swath across the legendary Hyborian Age. A mercenary, a soldier, a thief, and a pirate, he faces conquering armies, malicious sorcerers, and monstrous creatures—against which he wields only the sword held in his powerful grasp.

A superstar of novels, short fiction, comics, video games, films, and an upcoming Netflix series, his adventures have inspired many of the most popular authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. This is the first in a series of brand-new, standalone adventures.

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A writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin, S. M. Stirling is a former lawyer, an amateur historian, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous SF and fantasy novels including the popular “Nantucket” series that began with Island in the Sea of Time. He loves history, anthropology, and archaeology. Martial arts were his main physical hobby. Stirling lives in New Mexico, and tweets @Joatsimeon.

"Exceptionally fast-paced, with lots packed in .. If Titan is giving us a new era of Conan books, high-octane with life-or-death stakes, then I’m in."—British Fantasy Society

"This volume delivers an engaging and approachable new adventure along with one of the very best of the classic stories."—GrimDark Magazine

"Absolute fanboy's dream...S.M. Stirling, along with illustrator Robert De La Torre, do a bang-up job with Blood of the Serpent. Cheers to Titan Books as well! The only other thing this fanboy can ask for is: More, please!" - Fantasy Literature

"Proves there is plenty of life left in the handsome thighs of Conan the Cimmerian....certainly a hero who has a place in modern fiction." - SFBook

"What a beauty" - Casual Comic Guy

Praise for Conan and Robert E. Howard:
“Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks.”—Stephen King

“In Howard's grim and all too realistic view, the barbarians are always at the gate, and once a culture allows itself to grow soft, decadent or simply neglectful, it will be swept away by the primitive and ruthless.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

“I read books, and I dreamed of Mars, and the planets in those books, and of the Hyborian Age of Robert E. Howard’s Conan books…”—George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones

“I adore these books. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style—broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life.”—David Gemmell, author of Legend

“Those of us who believed in Conan at the right moment in our lives never stop believing. We might not grow up to become him, but we never grow out of him, either.”—Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians

“Howard was a true storyteller—one of the first, and certainly among the best, you’ll find in heroic fantasy.”—Charles de Lint, author of The Wild Wood and The Onion Girl

Praise for S.M. Stirling:
“Utterly engaging. This is unquestionably Steve Stirling’s best work to date, a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.”—George R. R. Martin on Island in the Sea of Time

“Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you won’t want to—and won’t be able to—put down. An outstanding piece of work.”—Harry Turtledove on Island in the Sea of Time
“The novel’s dual themes—myth and technology—should appeal to both fantasy and hard SF readers as well as to techno-thriller fans.”—Publishers Weekly on Dies the Fire

“Fans of apocalyptical thrillers like Stephen King’s The Stand will find Dies the Fire absolutely riveting...a fantastic epic work.”—Midwest Book Review

“[A] richly realized story of swordplay and intrigue.”—Entertainment Weekly on the novels of The Change

"Richly detailed...His descriptions of beauty and horror, giv[e] this work a broad emotional palette."—Publishers Weekly on the New York Times bestseller The Sea Peoples

“Strong characterizations, high historical scholarship, superior narrative technique, excellent battle scenes…”—Booklist for On the Oceans of Eternity