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| Author | Robert E. Howard,L. Sprague de Camp andLin Carter |
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| Cover artist | John Duillo |
| Language | English |
| Series | Conan the Barbarian |
| Genre | Sword and sorcery |
| Publisher | Lancer Books |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 222 pp |
Conan the Wanderer is a 1968 collection of fourfantasy short stories by American writersRobert E. Howard,L. Sprague de Camp andLin Carter, featuring Howard'ssword and sorcery heroConan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers, and has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish,Dutch,Swedish and Italian. It was later gathered together withConan the Adventurer andConan the Buccaneer into the omnibus collectionThe Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).
Conan, now about thirty-one, survives a Turanian-involved trap which crushes his Zuagir raiders and seeks revenge on Vardanes of Zamora, their betrayer. Afterwards, he moves on to other adventures, killing a high priest in the cannibal-haunted city of Zamboula and ultimately gaining command of a band of Kozaki warriors in the service of Kobad Shah, king of Iranistan. In his final adventure, Conan once again encounters his old rival, Olgerd Vladislav, and predecessor as chief of the Zuagirs.
Chronologically, the four short stories collected asConan the Wanderer fall betweenConan the Freebooter andConan the Adventurer.
Olgerd Vladislav first appeared in Howard's story "A Witch Shall be Born", collected in the previous Conan volume,Conan the Freebooter.
| Preceded by | Lancer/Ace Conan series (chronological order) | Succeeded by |
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