"The Country of the Knife" by Robert E. Howard. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Robert E. Howard. The Country of the Knife
The Country of the Knife
Table of Contents
I. — A CRY OUT OF THE EAST
II. — THE ROAD TO RUB EL HARAMI
III. — SHIRKUH'S JEST
IV. — CROOKED PATHS
V. — SWORDS IN THE "SUK"
VI. — THE EXECUTIONER
VII. — IN THE PRISON
VIII. — THE PASS OF SWORDS
THE END
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Robert E. Howard
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"I stumbled on something big tonight, down in a water-front dive. I was looking for something else uncovered this by accident. Then they got suspicious. I got away—came here because you were the only man I knew in San Francisco. But that devil was after me—caught me on the stair."
Blood oozed from the livid lips, and Stockton spat dryly. Brent looked on helplessly. He knew the man was a secret agent of the British government, who had made a business of tracing sinister secrets to their source. He was dying as he had lived, in the harness.
