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Escape the law, meet a pirate queen, and sail toward a city wiser men leave untouched.
Conan runs from the law in Messantia and takes passage aboard the merchant ship Argus. Freedom seems close, until a pirate galley appears on the water. Its commander is Bêlit, queen of the Black Coast. She wants the Cimmerian as her partner and lover, and offers him a life of raids, treasure and danger.
In Robert E. Howard’s Queen of the Black Coast, Conan and Bêlit sail the Tigress along hostile southern shores. Their bond grows amid attacks on towns and ships. But a tale of ancient riches draws Bêlit upriver, toward a silent, ruined city. Even her loyal warrior N’Gora distrusts the place they approach.
What you’ll discover
- A fugitive at sea Follow Conan from a desperate escape into a voyage that brings danger instead of safety.
- The queen of the coast Meet Bêlit, whose fierce command holds her crew and whose certainty draws Conan close.
- Raids aboard the Tigress Sail a hot, hostile coast where treasure comes through violence and leaves ruin behind.
- A city best avoided Feel the unease deepen as the promise of ancient wealth pulls the raiders inland.
- Tenderness beneath the blood Discover a fierce love story beneath the swordplay, where freedom, fate and death press close.
Who will love it
For readers who love fast adventure, pirate tales and the roots of fantasy fiction, and for anyone curious about Conan beyond the films. Its dangerous coast, forbidden ruins and fierce love story bring adventure together with dread.
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- A fugitive runs for the sea
- A pirate galley appears at sunrise
- Bêlit claims him as her own
- Raiders on a hot and hostile coast
- The river leads to a silent city
- Love, fate and the shape of the tale
Who’s who
- ConanA Cimmerian barbarian on the run from the law, strong, quick and fearless, who wants freedom and a life of action.
- BêlitA Shemite pirate queen who commands the galley Tigress, and who wants Conan as her partner and lover.
- N'GoraA black warrior who leads fighters on the Tigress, loyal to Bêlit and wary of the ruined city upriver.
- TitoThe captain of the merchant ship Argus, who meets the pirates at sea.
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La regina della Costa Nera
by Robert E. Howard · 1934
Conan escapes the law by sea, only to meet a pirate queen whose ambition draws them toward a ruined city.
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Queen of the Black Coast is a sword and sorcery tale by Robert E. Howard, the Texas writer who created Conan the Cimmerian.
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A fugitive runs for the sea
The story opens in a port city of the kingdom of Argos. Conan is a barbarian from the northern land of Cimmeria, and he has made a mistake that matters here. A tavern quarrel ends with a guardsman dead, and Conan refuses to say where his friend has fled. When a judge threatens him with prison, he kills the judge, and now the watch is hunting him through the streets.
He is not a wise man in the way scholars are, but he has quick instincts. He heads for the harbor, hoping to find a ship bound for another land. Howard writes him as a creature of appetite and action, a man who lives fully in each hour and does not brood over the last one.
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What is Queen of the Black Coast about?
It tells how Conan the Cimmerian flees the port of Messantia by ship, meets the pirate queen Bêlit in battle, and joins her crew. Together they raid a dangerous coast and go upriver toward an ancient ruined city.
Who is Bêlit in Conan?
Bêlit is a Shemite woman who commands the pirate galley Tigress and its black crew. She is called the queen of the Black Coast. She chooses Conan as her partner and lover, and she is a fierce leader.
When was Queen of the Black Coast written?
Robert E. Howard wrote it in the early 1930s, and it appeared in Weird Tales in 1934.
The author
Robert E. Howard
1906–1936 · American fantasy writer
Robert E. Howard was an American author born in Peaster, Texas, in 1906. He lived much of his life in Cross Plains, Texas, where he died in 1936. He wrote fantasy, horror, adventure stories, and poetry. His stories featuring Conan appeared in the magazine Weird Tales during the 1930s.
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