![]() ![]() As the New Races rise up and expand throughout the world, the Picts - and their doomed king - prepare to make one glorious final stand. "Men of the Shadows" (1969) chronicles the Picts at the end of their long reign. All alone against a seemingly unstoppable empire, Morn calls upon ancient supernatural forces to help him attain revenge. Lovecraft called a "macabre masterpiece," pits Bran Mak Morn against an arrogant Roman governor who has just sentenced an innocent Pict to death. "Worms of the Earth" (1932), a story that H. Howard, the creator of iconic fantasy heroes like Conan, Kull, and Solomon Kane, comes a collection of stories - some never before published! - surrounding Bran Mak Morn, the god/king of the Picts, a mysterious race of ferocious apelike barbarians that fascinated Howard throughout his short-lived writing career. ![]()
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