Queen of the Black Coast

Queen of the Black Coast

Robert E. Howard


We begin as the ever just Conan has refused to betray a friend to a fascist magistrate in the port city of Argos, emphasizing his point by killing the man. Conan forces his way onto a sailing barge and soon finds himself set upon by a gang of pirates let by Belit, the Queen of the Black Coast. His mates on the Argus are no match for the pirates, and Conan jumps ship and is spared by Belit, who admires his ferocity and other manly virtues. She asks him to be her mate. Together they plunder and terrorize the Black Coast, eventually sailing up river to a find a lost treasure, skulking hyenas and a winged monster among ancient ruins. Amidst various horrors they carry on a deep theological dialog intermixed with intense romance until Belit acquires a cursed jeweled necklace that renders her mad and leads to her demise. Conan fights his way out with the help of her spirit, avenges her death and sends her off with a Viking funeral. First published in Weird Tales in May 1934, the epic sweep and intense (and atypical) romance mark The Queen of the Black Coast as one of the favorites of Conan aficionados.

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Product Details

Read by: Phil Chenevert
Length: 1 hour and 28 minutes
Type: Solo
Media: MP3 CD
Package: Paper sleeve
Item No.: CD-1206
List Price: $2.99
Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing
CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats
CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card
DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert

Credits

Production

Book Coordinator: Phil Chenevert
Meta Coordinator: Phil Chenevert
Proof Listener: Britannia

Artwork

Cover: Cover of Weird Tales, September 1934, by Margaret Brundage (1900-1976)
Inset: Illustration by Hugh Rankin of a scene in the last part of "The People of the Black Circle",Weird Tales (September 1934, vol. 24, no. 3).
Inset: Photograph of Robert E. Howard taken in 1934, author unknown.
Insert: Illustration by Hugh Rankin of a scene in part 2 of “The People of the Black Circle", Weird Tales (October 1934, vol. 24, no. 4).

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Table of Contents

Track Chapter Length
1 1 - Conan Joins the Pirates 27:50
2 2 - The Black Lotus 24:46
3 3 - The Horror in the Jungle 15:36
4 4 - The Attack from the Air 16:43
5 5 - The Funeral Pyre 2:54

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