Robert E. Howard

32 Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian and the Sphere series books

Posted on 18/04/201816/04/2018 by Speesh in Book Stuff, Conan, Fiction, Robert E. Howard

Weird tales

The Conan Chronicles

Posted on 24/09/2016 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Book Stuff, Fiction

The mission, I've chosen to accept

Review: Blood Will Follow

Posted on 16/05/2015 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings

Reading will follow

Review: Dead Men's Dust

Posted on 20/09/2014 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fiction

Dead Men's Dust by Matt Hilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another one that reminds me of Mark Timlin's 'Nick Sharman' thrillers. And that’s (again) a very good thing. Gritty, clear, precise, nuanced. The story proper starts in Manchester with the main character, Joe Hunter, warning off some local thugs who are terrorising his … Continue reading Review: Dead Men's Dust →

Reading Conquest by Stewart Binns

Posted on 26/04/2014 by Speesh in 1066, Historical Fiction

Had this one waiting on the shelf for a while. 300-odd pages in and Hereward reminds me of Robert E.Howard's Conan. Ordinarily, that would be good, but this is England, not Cimmeria or even Hyboria. Reading Conquest by Stewart Binns View on Path

Review: Feud

Posted on 17/12/2013 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction

Feud by Derek Birks My rating: 4 of 5 stars With a start that fair knocks you off your feet and takes your breath away at the same time, Feud opens with one hell of a bang and throws us almost physically back 500-odd years to England during the War of The Roses. There’s no … Continue reading Review: Feud →