Before Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard created Kull the Conqueror, revealed later by Howard to be an ancestor of Conan. Kull, like Conan is a vicious and bloodthirsty barbarian but in some ways is a more contemplative and thoughtful character. In these, the first two Kull stories Howard published, we find Kull dealing with a conspiracy to murder him by a race of shapeshifting lizard people in "The Shadow Kingdom" and we see Kull contemplating his place in the world and even his own reality as he becomes ensnared in the wicked plot of a magician in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume". Relish in the savagery of a Hyperborean Age of brutality and bloodlust with another double feature from the fine folks at Weird Tales magazine! - Summary by Ben Tucker
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Shadow Kingdom Chapter 1. A King Comes Riding
10:54 - Chapter 2
The Shadow Kingdom Chapter 2. Thus Spake the Silent Halls of Valusia
14:31 - Chapter 3
The Shadow Kingdom Chapter 3. They That Walk the Night
28:29 - Chapter 4
The Shadow Kingdom Chapter 4. Masks
16:26 - Chapter 5
The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
21:35