' Howard was a true master of his craft - his Bran Mak Morn is the last of the ancient royal line of the Picts, facing the oppression of the Celts and the Romans as well as other, darker powers. There are very few actual stories in this collection and a lot of filler (notes, manuscripts, etc.) The stories themselves are pretty great. ' I think I really like Howard, but there are so many collections that I don't know where to start. ' Not a bad book, with a few interesting stories, but nowhere near as good as the Conan volume. Interesting to see the progression in his writing as well. ' Nothing amazing here, but I like me some Howard. These Del Rey re-issues are very well done even though this repeats one of the stories from the Kull book. I seem to remember the artwork was really good. ' Liked this, as with everything by Howard, but it's not as good as some of the other ones.

' Loved these stories so much that I named one of my sons after the protaganist! R.E.Howard did a far better job on the characters and storylines in these tales than he did on his Conan books. ' Not as good as the Conan books ' - Peter,

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Starting here will alleviate any problems caused by crappy Hollywood renditions that clutter Conan's mental imagery. If you are a fantasy fan, and haven't read his works, then you are short-changing yourself. YOU ARE THERE! And it is breathtaking, fun, fast-paced and real. Howard brings disparate climes and times to life with ease. It never ceases to awe me how I can be transported to a lush scene in a single paragraph. 'Howard is unparalleled in creating a vivid mental picture with sparing text. This collection gathers together all of Howard's published stories featuring Bran Mak Morn: 'Men of the Shadows,' 'Kings of the Night,' 'A Song of the Race,' 'Worms of the Earth,' 'The Dark Man,' and 'The Lost Race.' Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the glory of his race. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism.all save one: Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains unbroken. In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe.

But of all Howard's characters, none embodied his creator's brooding temperament more than Bran Mak Morn, the last king of a doomed race. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane.

Bran Mak Morn by Robert E. Howard