Results for "Le Dragon" in Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature

In The Hour of the Dragon, narrated by Mike Vendetti, Robert E. Howard delivers a gripping tale of epic battles, dark sorcery, and the indomitable spirit of Conan the Cimmerian. Betrayed and dethroned, Conan must fight to reclaim his kingdom of Aquilonia from the clutches of the treacherous Valerius and the ancient sorcerer Xaltotun, resurrected from the depths of Acheron.

Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An urgent need to stave off the hunger of his folk calls his younger brother Edwin, Lord of Kilton, to the kingdom of Mercia, and though he fulfils his mission, finds the greater prize he sought out of reach. Four Stones now has the second son of Sidroc under its lofty roof—Yrling, come from Gotland to train under the hand of his half-brother Hrald.

After the Zodilra kingdom's strongest magic knight is killed by his best friend, and the kingdom itself is taken over by a paranoid tyrant, it falls into a dark era of isolation for over twenty years. When a young woman stumbles upon a bland grave and calls the residing skeleton into her service, she unintentionally ignites a spark of hope. They may just be the key to ending the wretched reign, but the skeleton might need a little motivation first.