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Red Shadows

by Robert E. Howard

Red Shadows carries the dark pull of old adventure tales, where justice asks nothing about comfort or safety. Solomon Kane moves through the world like a man driven by a restless conscience — stern, solitary, and unwilling to turn away from evil. Howard’s story draws us in with its harsh atmosphere, distant horizons, and the sense that some journeys begin not with a thirst for glory, but with the need to face darkness. It is a tale for readers ready to step into a world of shadows, blades, and relentless resolve.

Part of Legends, Heroes and Lasting Echoes

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About this edition
Author
Robert E. Howard
Language
Czech
Edition type
Public domain
Publisher / imprint
ARTales
Source
Project Gutenberg
Reference
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70570
Publication status
Published

About the author

Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer and one of the founders of sword and sorcery, giving fantasy a fierce new energy of barbarian heroism, dark magic, and ancient kingdoms. In the Conan the Cimmerian stories, he created a hero written with raw force, speed, and a brooding sense of a world where civilization often seems more fragile than the sword in an exile’s hand. His work includes stories and poems across fantasy, horror, westerns, historical adventure, and detective fiction, most of it published in pulp magazines. Although his heroes seem unbreakable and forever in motion, Howard himself spent most of his life in Cross Plains, Texas, and struggled with loneliness and a deeply sensitive nature. From a small town, he summoned whole lost ages — as if imagination were both an escape route and a battlefield.

About the collection

Legends, Heroes and Lasting Echoes

Works that have endured across centuries and become part of cultural memory. This collection belongs to stories of heroism, honour, sacrifice, myth, ancient conflicts, and voices that still reach into the present.