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Originally published by Editions Glâenat in 2019 and 2020.
Summary
Ablaze returns with two more thrilling adventures of Robert E. Howard's
famous Cimmerian! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual.
Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian Vol 3 includes two complete
stories, Iron Shadows in the Moon, and The Man-Eaters of Zamboula, plus bonus
material, including the original prose stories, in one hardcover
collection!
In Iron Shadows in the Moon, a young woman in danger is
pursued by her vile master. Conan, whose family has just been wiped out by this
same master, puts an end to the beauty's pursuer, and saves her with a blow of
his sword. Bound by fate, the couple decide to hit the road together. Their
journey takes them to an island where they discover strange ruins inhabited by
dark magic. Their paradise-like refuge soon turns into a suffocating nightmare
where shadows lurk. Who knows the extent of the dangers that lie there? They
will quickly learn that on an island, the biggest threat does not always come
from the outside... Iron Shadows in the Moon reveals the genius of its author in
describing universes as singular as they are mysterious. With her line, both
delicate and powerful, Virginie Augustin illustrates this oppressive and
mystical atmosphere, and gives the story a new graphic breath.
In The
Man-Eaters of Zamboula, the Cimmerian finds himself in the land of a thousand
and one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages and
cultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene of many dark
legends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned of the dangers of Aram
Baksh's home. It is said that most of the foreigners who stay there disappear
under obscure circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian is
spending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious cases of
kidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret, even more terrible,
linked to the whole of the city of Zamboula... A story imbued with orientalism
and macabre witchcraft, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess the
opportunity to deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic book
story of exotic and dark beauty.
