Conan the Victorious

by Robert Jordan

Book Overview

In the fabled, mysterious land of Vendhya, Conan seeks an antidote to the unknown poison that threatens his life. Entangled in the intrigues of Karim Singh, advisor to the King of Vendhya, pursued by the voluptuous noblewoman Vyndra, threatened by the evil mage Naipal, Conan has yet to conquer the most terrifying adversaries of his life--the Sivani, demon-guardians of the ancient tombs of Vendhyan kings. To survive, he must be "Conan the Victorious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812542401
• ISBN13: 9780812542400
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Conan at his true self

Since I live outside United States, I had to wait some 6 weeks for this book to reach my hands after having ordered it by the internet. It's worth it! Usually, when people think about Conan the image that come to them is that of a big, musculous, and stupid warrior that kills 340 enemyes by minute. Maybe with less competent writters, but Robert Jordan's Conan is far from that; he is a furious fighter, but also an honored and strong willed person, and even smart. The story is elaborated (far beyond the old 'let's kill the sorcerer and get the girl' stereotype) the characthers are developted trought the book, from the evil sorcerer trought the demon creature, with lots of plot twists. Conan the Victorious is a good book for anyone who enjoys medieval fantasy, and great for any Conan fan, by Crom!

Conan at his best

I have to say this is the best out of the 4 Conan books I've read so far! The beginning in the city was especially cool as well as the part on the beach at night, and the events in the caravan camp.I thought the part where they just hung out at that lady's mansion was kinda of dumb, except for the dancing girl (wink, wink).But overall, I would highly recommend this book to any Conan fan.It's true to the Conan character; it doesn't protray him like Kevin Sorbo's Hercules as some other books do. That, my friends, is a good thing.

Just good, lusty, violent fun

Jordan's incredible ability to fit a ton of vivid discriptive language into only a sentence or two really shines in this volume. You can see (and even smell!) the settings, be they dark and musty taverns or vast and exotic vistas. I never much cared for Conan before, but gave this one a chance, based on Jordan's reputation from his own series (which I haven't read). I found this book far more entertaining, and far better written, than the average of its type, and by far the most interesting Conan story I've ever read. A great yarn, written by someone with great command of action and descriptive language.