The Devil in Iron

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Robert Ervin Howard. The Devil in Iron

The Devil in Iron

Table of Contents

Chapter I

I

Chapter II

II

Chapter III

III

Chapter IV

IV

Chapter V

V

Chapter VI

VI

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Robert Ervin Howard

Published by Good Press, 2020

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“There is an uninhabited island near the mainland,” said Ghaznavi, “known as Xapur, the Fortified, because of some ancient ruins upon it. There is a peculiarity about it which makes it perfect for our purpose. It has no shoreline but rises sheer out of the sea in cliffs a hundred and fifty feet tall. Not even an ape could negotiate them. The only place where a man can go up or down is a narrow path on the western side that has the appearance of a worn stair, carved into the solid rock of the cliffs.

“If we could trap Conan on that island, alone, we could hunt him down at our leisure, with bows, as men hunt a lion.”

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