Conan Songs of the Slain was written by Tim Lebbon. This book is published by Titan books, and will be available July 8, 2025.
SUMMARY
Conan lay dying on the battlefield when two opponents find him, impressed by his physique, they drag him off the field to sell him as a slave to the salt mines. On the road, Conan is nurtured back to health by fellow captive named Tann. Conan and Tann work in the mines until Conan is healed from his deadly wounds.
Conan asks Tann for his meal and water to build up his energy and strength to pull of their escape, saying he’ll repay Tann upon their escape. The two are successful, and part ways when they reach safety.
Years pass, Tann and his family and friends fall victim to a group of thugs. Tann then seeks out Conan to request his favor be issued.
The main villain of the story is pure evil. He’s captured some folks including Tann’s family. 10 manages to escape and now is going to seek out Conan to repay the favor that is owed.
Conan doesn’t hesitate to help out an old friend or brother in slavery however, you wanna say it. Conan goes on a quest and is reminded of his younger days. He will faced many trials in this perilous adventure.
OVERALL THOUGHTS
All right, so this is my first Conan book. I’m honestly very surprised of how good it is especially coming from Tim Lebanon, which I know he wrote a Star Wars book that I did not like a long time ago. I’m very pleased with this book. The only thing that I knew about Conan was fantasy . I was unsure about going into this book because I know that there’s a lot of different books out there turns out you don’t need to know anything about those books for this story, which is great.
Tim Lebanon did an awesome job with these characters. Each one is unique. The story just keeps getting crazier and more intense as we move through the pages. The book is loaded with intense battles that are gory, gruesome, and dark. There are a lot of things in this book that are also pretty creepy when we get into a certain side characters and their personal quests in life. Some get into their past with demons witchcraft there are many times in this book that I got chills. I’m very impressed with the writing style.
The story delivers on fantasy, violence, honor, and sacrifice. I absolutely enjoyed this story and the grand adventure that an old king seeks adventure to pay off an old debt. He didn’t have to go on such a quest, but honor and loyalty actually mean something to Conan.
So do I recommend that you read Conan Song’s of the Slain? Yes it’s an excellent fantasy story that requires no previous book knowledge a great one shot story.
RATING
I will give Conan: Songs of the Slain, an A+. I just couldn’t put this book down.