Thongor And The Dragon City

Xothun had ruled in Omm for a thousand years -- master of strange powers, yet slave to his craving for human blood. The lost city lived only to serve -- and feed -- Xothun.... Then came the barbarian adventurer, Thongor of Valkarth, with a city to free, a princess to rescue, glory to win -- and his mightly sword to pit against Xothun's wizardry! This is the second in the adventures of Thongor, greatest warrior of the forgotten continent of Lemuria!

Lin Carter's greatest creation, the barbarian swordsman Thongor of Lemuria, returns in his first new book in more than 40 years! "Young Thongor" collects Carter's short stories about Thongor's earliest adventures. Drawing on Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, Lin Carter has created an enduring new character sure to please all who treasure sword & sorcery in the classic vein.

A new ruler has arisen on the ancient continent of Lemuria. It is Thongor the Barbarian, whose dauntless courage and mighty sword have made him overlord of a thriving young empire. Against him conspire in secret those dedicated to the Black Gods of Chaos. Suddenly Thongor's wife, the Princess Sumia, is abducted. Thongor speeds to her rescue -- but his enemies are cunning as well as ruthless. Embroiled deeper and deeper in a danger compounded of both sorcery and science, Thongor learns that he must carry his battle to the Gods themselves!

Thongor of Valkarth -- mightiest warrior of the ancient continent of Lemuria, before the dawn of history -- launches into his saga with this rousing adventure of swordplay and sorcery. The ancient dragon kings have deemed the hour right to regain their dominance over Earth -- and only Thongor and his companions, aided by the science and magic of the wizard Sharajsha, stand between mankind and the night of doom! The first of the Thongor sword & sorcery series, "Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria" was originally titled "The Wizard of Lemuria." This is the author's 1969 revised and expanded text.

"Go to thy master and say that Mardanax hath come. I have lived to see the barbarian Thongor in his tomb." As the stranger throws back his cloak the hellish gleam of his emerald eyes confirms his statement - Mardanax, the Black Magician of Zaar - has survived Thongor's destruction of the dread City of Magicians. Mardanax strikes swiftly. His evil sorcery explodes with inconceivable power, and Thongor lies dead. Thongor's beautiful queen is drugged into mindless obedience to the Black Magician. Her son, the prince, is kidnapped. Thongor's empire seems to have fallen to the forces of Chaos. Then, wandering in the land of the dead, Thongor finds a powerful sword of light...

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