''Conan and the Gods of the Mountain'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Roland Green, featuring

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hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in May 1993 and reprinted in November 1998.

Plot

The novel picks up where Robert E. Howard's "

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" leaves off, with Conan and his current flame, the she-pirate Valeria of the Red Brotherhood, newly escaped from the self-destruction of the

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of Xuchotl. Treking through the jungles of Kush in an attempt to reach the coast, they become involved in a three-sided conflict between the Kwanyi tribe, divided among feuding clans, the Ichiribu, and the God-Men of Thunder Mountain, who can read the future and command the soul-eating Living Wind. Much of the action occurs underground, culminating in a battle between Conan and the giant Golden Serpent. The Living Wind, faced at the end of the story, proves to be an anticlimactic threat, summarily dealt with by a local shaman.

Reception

Critic Don D'Ammassa wrote "This was a pretty good jungle adventure but it does not feel much like a Conan story, and indeed he is not on stage for a good proportion of it."D'Ammassa, Don
"Conan and the Gods of the Mountain"
(review o

. Sep. 15, 2017.

Adaptations

The story was adapted by

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and Rafael Kayanan in issues #211-213, 215 and 217, cover-dated July–September 1993, November 1993, and January 1994, of the Marvel Comics magazine series ''

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''. The Thomas/Kayanan tale was later reprinted in the 2016 Dark Horse Comics trade paperback ''

'' Volume 21.

References

External links

Page at Fantastic Fiction
{{Conan 1993 American novels 1993 fantasy novels Conan the Barbarian novels Novels by Roland J. Green American fantasy novels Tor Books books