The original adventures of the greatest sword and sorcery hero of all time. This is the first paperback edition of the best selling Wandering Star limited editions, which are reprinting the definitive versions of all the Howard stories. This edition includes all the illustrations by Mark Schultz and includes the original paintings from the limited edition reproduced here in black and white. Included in this first volume are the stories: The Phoenix and the Sword, The Frost Giant's Daughter, The God in the Bowl, The Tower of the Elephant, The Scarlet Citadel, Queen of the Black Coast, Black Colussus, Iron Shadows in the Moon, Xuthal of the Dusk, The Pool of the Black One, Rogues in the House, The Vale of the Lost Women, The Devil in Iron, plus synopsises, drafts, notes on the original texts, essays and more.