Overview
The Phoenix on the Sword begins with a middle-aged Conan of Cimmeria attempting to govern the turbulent kingdom of Aquilonia. Conan has recently seized the bloody crown of Aquilonia from King Numedides whom he strangled upon his throne; however, things have not gone well, as Conan is more suited to swinging a broadsword than to signing official documents with a stylus. The people of Aquilonia, who originally welcomed Conan as their liberator from Numedides' tyranny, have gradually turned against him due to his foreign Cimmerian blood. They have built a statue to Numedides' memory in the temple of Mitra, and people burn incense before it, hailing it as the holy effigy of a saintly monarch who was done to death by a red-handed barbarian.
- | Author: Robert E. Howard
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 30 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1979806926
- | ISBN-13: 9781979806923
