
Jewels of Gwahlur
Author: Robert E. Howard
Narrator: Saethon Williams
Unabridged: 1 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 09/18/2025
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Author: Robert E. Howard
Narrator: Saethon Williams
Unabridged: 1 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 09/18/2025
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) was an American pulp fiction writer who is best known as the creator of Conan, a character that has been featured in film, television, comics, and other media. Despite his suicide at the age of thirty, Howard wrote a huge number of stories in a variety of genres, including fantasy, westerns, horror, and even boxing stories.
Not a bad Conan story about a treasure hunt in an ancient lost city with another damsel in distress. It’s a bit chaotic, but definitely enjoyable. Just a shame there are some words used that could be seen as a bit racist, which is a sign of the times this story was written in.......more
This one just seemed kind of dull and lack-luster. Maybe it was my mood, or maybe it was the ramped-up racism, or maybe it was that this just seemed like yet another in a stream of the same-old-same-old. In any case, I'm really only continuing to read these because I want to be able to check it off......more
Plot after plot, twist after turn, this story's about as exciting as any other Conan story, albeit even a little more prejudiced than most others, from modern standpoint.......more
Treasure-hunting Conan becomes involved in a struggle among four factions to gain possession of a set of valuable jewels in a lost city. This is not prime Robert E. Howard, but it is still a better read than most of his compatriots in the pulp game could produce. It’s a bit of a mess with a sloppy p......more