
Part 1
A weary traveler named Solomon Kane arrives at a bleak crossroads on the edge of a desolate moor. Two paths lie before him: a direct, barren track across the upland fen, and a winding swamp trail that villagers claim is safer despite its own dangers. The locals, hushed and uneasy, warn of a cursed stretch of moor where unseen horrors have claimed many lives, urging him to take the longer, murkier way.
Choosing the ominous moor, Kane steps into a landscape shrouded in night‑fall, where crimson clouds linger on the horizon and a distant, chilling laugh echoes across the fen. With sword and pistols at his side, he presses onward, driven by a grim sense of duty to confront whatever malevolent force haunts the road. The atmosphere swells with dread and anticipation, promising a tense encounter with the unknown that lies ahead.
Language
en
Duration
~22 minutes (21K characters)
Series
Solomon Kane
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2023-04-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1906–1936
Best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian, this Texas writer helped shape modern sword-and-sorcery fantasy while also turning out horror, adventure, boxing tales, and westerns for the pulp magazines. His stories move fast, hit hard, and still feel vivid nearly a century later.
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