Rogues In The House

Rogues in the House by Robert E. Howard is a Conan the Barbarian story, adventure, classic that starts with him chained up in a dungeon. Murilo is told by the Red Priest that he better leave, because he intends to tell the king of Murilo’s underhanded schemes. Instead of clearing out Murilo decides......more

This generally felt uninspired, but was a quick, fun read nonetheless. Conan is hired to assassinate a powerful scheming priest, but while infiltrating his house is met with some ferocious resistance in the form of one of the priest's pets, a half man, half ape creature. Seemingly by coincidence, th......more

The most simplistic of the Conan adventures I've read thus far. This one is clearly set earlier in Conan's timeline, as he's still only a Barbarian and not actually a King quite yet. This one is also uniquely told through the perspective of a nobleman that comes into contact with Conan while both ar......more

I thought this was an above average Conan story, perhaps because it didn't have a scene of him facing up against a dozen enemies, and instead focused one single major battle against a particularly tough opponent. The body count was relatively low compared to the other stories I've read so far, but o......more

Conan gets asked to kill the king’s priest. A rather simple and straight forward, yet enjoyable Conan short story.......more