Solomon Kane: The Heroic Legends Series (Titan)

[hun]

Good ol' Solomon deserves his own thread for the 1st pastiche from Titan/Heroic Signatures and hopefully many more to come:


Solomon Kane: The Hound of God (Kindle Edition)
By Jonathan Mayberry

Description:
Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with exclusive serialized eBook stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more by many of today's top writers in fantasy and sword-and-sorcery.

Created by the author responsible for Conan of Cimmeria, Solomon Kane is "a man born out of his time—a strange blending of Puritan and cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan… a knight errant in the somber clothes of the fanatic. A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things, avenge all crimes against right and justice."—Robert E. Howard, "The Moon of Skulls"

Publisher:  Titan Books

£1.99
$1.99

Amazone Links:
www.amazon.co.uk/Heroic-Legends-Solomon-Kane-Hound-ebook/dp/B0CJZ66HKF/
www.amazon.com/Heroic-Legends-Solomon-Kane-Hound-ebook/dp/B0CJZ66HKF/

RELEASE DATE: 28 NOVEMBER 2023

[garbanzo]

Exxcited for this one. I'm finally making my way through the original SK stories, and I'm really enjoying them. Hills of the Dead is my favorite so far, great stuff.

[alexander]

postponed to Dec 5 here in the UK

[garbanzo]

Strange. I was able to buy it from Kobo here in the US...

[alexander]

Nov 28, 2023 10:16:40 GMT -5 garbanzo said:

Strange. I was able to buy it from Kobo here in the US...

Maybe it's just Amazon?

Edit: actually even on Kobo UK I can only pre-order

[gary]

"The Hound of God" is a good solid Solomon Kane adventure. Read the review, I quote from a 1981 letter Maberry wrote to de Camp, that even Maberry probably doesn't remember. This is my favorite of the Heroic Signatures e-books so far. spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2023/11/28/review-the-hound-of-god-by-jonathan-maberry/

[hun]

Nov 28, 2023 12:31:52 GMT -5 alexander said:

Nov 28, 2023 10:16:40 GMT -5 garbanzo said:

Strange. I was able to buy it from Kobo here in the US...

Maybe it's just Amazon?

Edit: actually even on Kobo UK I can only pre-order

It is now available at Amazon UK:


www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJZ66HKF/

[hun]

Hopefully, this stuff will be collected in hardback, eventually.

[Von K]

As a supplement to Gary's review here's James Reasoner's:

Solomon Kane: The Hound of God - Jonathan Maberry

jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2023/12/solomon-kane-hound-of-god-jonathan.html

[alexander]

I've just read the story and I really didn't like it: 35 pages of story vs 15 pages of advertising, little action, an anti-climactic ending...
I'm not sure I'll keep purchasing those short stories: they are cheap but so far I've disliked the 3 I've read.

[salant]

Jan 14, 2024 11:29:06 GMT -5 alexander said:

I've just read the story and I really didn't like it: 35 pages of story vs 15 pages of advertising, little action, an anti-climactic ending...
I'm not sure I'll keep purchasing those short stories: they are cheap but so far I've disliked the 3 I've read.

If you didn't read Scott Oden's SHADOW OF VENGEANCE serialized in the Marvel comics, then I strongly recommend that on January 30th. 

[alexander]

Jan 14, 2024 11:53:45 GMT -5 salant said:

Jan 14, 2024 11:29:06 GMT -5 alexander said:

I've just read the story and I really didn't like it: 35 pages of story vs 15 pages of advertising, little action, an anti-climactic ending...
I'm not sure I'll keep purchasing those short stories: they are cheap but so far I've disliked the 3 I've read.

If you didn't read Scott Oden's SHADOW OF VENGEANCE serialized in the Marvel comics, then I strongly recommend that on January 30th. 

I did.
It's terrific! It reads like an original REH (with a Harryhausen tribute)

[Sword-and-Sandahl]

Solomon Kane: The Hound of God review

www.bottalk.com/2023/12/solomon-kane-hound-of-god-review.html