The Hour of the Dragon
- First published
- 1935
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard is a fantasy novel first published serially from December 1935 to April 1936. King Conan of Aquilonia faces his greatest challenge when conspirators resurrect an ancient sorcerer to overthrow him. Defeated, captured, and freed by a brave slave girl, Conan must undertake a perilous quest across the Hyborian Age to reclaim his throne. This sword and sorcery epic combines necromancy, foreign occupation, and adventure in Howard's only full-length Conan novel.
- Fantasy fiction, American
- Conan (Fictitious character)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #42243. The Hour of the Dragon on Wikipedia.
