The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon

Cover of the first edition
Author	Robert E. Howard
Cover artist	John Howe
Language	English
Series	Gollancz Conan Chronicles
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Gollancz
Publication date	2000
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	xii, 575 pp
ISBN	1-85798-747-0
OCLC	59534814
Preceded by	The Conan Chronicles, Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle

The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon is a collection of fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The book was published in 2001 by Gollancz as sixteenth volume of their Fantasy Masterworks series. The book, edited by Stephen Jones, presents the stories in their internal chronological order. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine and The Howard Collector.

Contents

• Map of the Hyborian Age, by Dave Senior
• Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age
• "Red Nails"
• "Jewels of Gwahlur"
• "Beyond the Black River"
• "The Black Stranger"
• "Wolves Beyond the Border" (Draft)
• "The Phoenix on the Sword"
• "The Scarlet Citadel"
• "The Hour of the Dragon" (poem)
• "The Hour of the Dragon"
• "Cimmeria"
• Afterword: Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Final Years, by Stephen Jones

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (2001)". Retrieved 2008-02-04.

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