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<H2><B>The Hand of Nergal</B></H2>
<B>by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter</B><BR>
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Originally published in <B>Conan,</B> by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Lin Carter, Lancer Books, NY  (1967), from a three-page fragment found by Glenn Lord among Howard's papers<BR>
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Freely adapted in the comic book <A HREF=../cncomic/cn30001.html><B>Conan the Barbarian #30,</B></A> edited by Roy Thomas, artwork by John Buscema, Marvel Comics Group (September, 1973)<BR>
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Current source: <B>Conan,</B> by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Lin Carter, Lancer Books, Inc., New York, NY (1967)<BR>
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Conan has enjoyed his taste of Hyborian intrigue. It is clear to him that there is no essential difference between the motives of the palace and those of the Rat's Den., whereas the pickings are beter in higher pplaces. With his own horse under him and a
grubstake from the grateful - and thoughtful - <B>Murilo,</B> the Cimmerian sets out to look over the civilized world, with an eye to making it his oyster.<BR>
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<B>The Road of Kings,</B> which winds through the Hyborian kingdoms, at last leads him eastward into <B>Turan,</B> where he takes service in the armies of <B>King Yildiz.</B> He does not at first find military services comgenial, being too self-willed
and hot-tempered to submit easily to discipline. Moreover, being at this time an indifferent horseman and archer, in a force of which the mounted bowman is the mainstay, he is relegated to a low-paid, irregular unit. Soon, however, a chance arises to
show his true mettle.
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Chapters:
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<LI>Black Shadows
<LI>Field of Blood
<LI>Hildico
<LI>The House of Atalis
<LI>The Hand of Nergal
<LI>The Heart of Tammuz
<LI>Heart and Hand
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