Just a good rollicking Sword & Sorcery adventure to pull you along at a fast clip after slogging thru a 900 pg novel before and another following. Robert E. Howard really could just write a constant fight scene. Conan, Kull and now Gordon. Surprised it took me 50 years to come across this guy. ( )

Just a good rollicking Sword & Sorcery adventure to pull you along at a fast clip after slogging thru a 900 pg novel before and another following. Robert E. Howard really could just write a constant fight scene. Conan, Kull and now Gordon. Surprised it took me 50 years to come across this guy. ( )

Visceral desert adventure with Francis Xavier Gordon in early 20th century Afghanistan, with a foray into Turkey.

Gordon is known as El Borak, "The Swift", amongst the desert tribes,due to his almost supernatural reflexes. He's an American gunfighter who's found his place among the tribal factions of the east and the spymasters of the western imperial powers.

Loved, feared or hated in equal measure by those who've crossed his path, depending upon whether they've earned his trust or enmity, Gordon is indomitably loyal, implacably vengeful.

Although, like all of Howard's heroes, Gordon is an unbeatable fighter, he's at his best in these stories when he's playing off the opposing sides vying for power at this crossroads of political intrigue. ( )

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Once upon a time, when people studied geography, there was a taste for swashbuckling adventure tales set in remote places. While best known for creating the fantasy world of the Hyborian Age where Conan dwelt, Robert E. Howard created his own fantastic versions of the Arabian Desert and the mountains of Afghanistan.