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The People of the Black Circle
By ROBERT E. HOWARD
A recumbent, bearded man exposes his chest, while a woman holding a knife recoils.
"Strike, I command you! Strike!"
A stupendous story of Conan the barbarian soldier of fortune, and a tremendous adventure in the castle of the Black Seers
1. Death Strikes a King
The king of Vendhya was dying. Through the hot, stifling night the temple gongs boomed and the conchs roared. Their clamor was a faint echo in the gold-domed chamber where Bunda Chand struggled on the velvet-cushioned dais. Beads of sweat glistened on his dark skin; his fingers twisted the gold-worked fabric beneath him. He was
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