The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard

First serialized in Weird Tales in 1934, 'The People of the Black Circle' stands among Robert E. Howard's most celebrated Conan adventures. When the king of Vendhya dies beneath a sorcerer's curse, his sister Yasmina crosses the mountains into the wild hill country of Ghulistan, where the Cimmerian mercenary Conan leads the tribes of the Afghuli clans. Together they are drawn toward Yimsha, the haunted peak where the Black Seers work their dark craft. This edition presents the complete, unabridged original text exactly as Howard wrote it, accompanied by a new introduction that sets the novella in the context of Howard's life and the pulp era, along with reader's notes illuminating the story's setting, themes, and legacy. Vivid, fast-moving, and atmospheric, it remains a cornerstone of sword-and-sorcery fiction. Part of The Founding Texts Library.