title: The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard : A Critical Anthology
author:  Don Herron 
description: The Dark Barbarian has been quoted and re-quoted by REH fans since its publication in 1984. Well worth whatever toils and price to hunt it down. -- <i>Barbarian Keep</i><br /><br />Tops my list of all Howard studies so far. Serious, scholarly, yet entertaining throughouta superior job by compiler and contributors alike. -- <i>John Jakes</i>
zlib_text: Hordes of Chaos
   
  By Greg James
   
  
  Copyright © Greg James 2016
  Published by GJA Publications Ltd
  London, UK
  Second Edition published April 2017
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  Disclaimer: The persons, places and events depicted in this work are
  fictional and any resemblance to those living or dead is unintentional.
   
  
  Dedication
   
  This one is for the one who started it all; Two-Gun Bob.
  The original Damned Barbarian.
  Robert Ervin Howard (1906 – 1936).
  
  Chapter One
   
  “We should get away from here,” Yothyr whispered to Hrekh. “We’ve
  found ’em. They’re dead. Let’s go.”
  “Aye, we’ve found ’em,” Hrekh answered calmly. “But what killed
  ’em, eh? We need to find that out.”
  Yothyr sighed through his teeth and scratched at the stubble on
  his chin. “We don’