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Conan and the Manhunters (Conan)
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Manufacturer: Tor Fantasy
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780812524895
ISBN: 0812524896
Label: Tor Fantasy
Manufacturer: Tor Fantasy
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1994-10-15
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Studio: Tor Fantasy

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Summary: An Attempt at an Epic
Comment: John Maddox Roberts is my favorite Conan writer other than originator Robert E. Howard. In Manhunters, Roberts is doing something on a grand scale. This tale involves a battle between first rank wizards (Thoth Amon makes an appearance here) and a god that determines the fate of the world. In the middle is Conan, the unwitting thief drawn into galactic melee. At first I thought this story was a little overreaching, but I started to get into it as Roberts started to rein in plot line to focus more on Conan's storyline. The conflict with the manhunters who are tracking Conan down is a bit of an anticlimax and really isn't that much the focus of the story. But it works, because the hired guns after Conan really aren't terribly interesting. I ended up enjoying this book. This may be one of Robert's lesser stories, but it's still better than most of the Conan tales written by other writers.

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Summary: Good story by a good writer
Comment: I particularly like the writing style: not only presenting a story, but with fine description of the details, the surroundings, the atmostphere, the characters, etc. That tends to drag you into the story rather than listening to a story on the outside. The story itself is attractive too, with wizards, evil gods, etc., much like the old Conan stories in the 80s. The drawback is that is there's a little difference in Conan's personality from the Conan I was familiar with in the 80s.


Editorial Reviews:

Treasure beyond imagining waited in the temple of Ahriman, a god so evil and terrifying that even the despicable priests of Set aided in his banishment. None dared to steal the treasure--until Conan the Cimmerian came to Shapur. Now he must smuggle tons of gold and jewels past the city guards and escape to a place of safety, while pursued by the most efficient and dangerous band of manhunters ever assembled, led by a warrior whose skills and ferocity rival Conan himself. But great dangers lurk when Conan returns to the temple--and the priests of Ahriman conspire to bring their fearsome deity back into the world...



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