Conan the Defiant (Conan Series) [Paperback]

Steve Perry (Author)

Book Description

Series: Conan Series | Publication Date: October 1987

The fate of the world rests in the hands of a young barbarian who will not let sorcery or warriors risen from the dead stay him from his vengeance. This oversize paperback original is strippable.

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (October 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812542649
• ISBN-13: 978-0812542646
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,381,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm married, got kids, grandkids, dogs, all like that. Ex-hippie, long-time martial artist, duffer on the guitar.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceedingly excellent book by Perry who is second only to howard, June 13, 2008

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This review is from: Conan the Defiant (Conan Series) (Paperback)

This book should be made into a film immediatly!!! sorcerers evil priest monks good monks curses zombie threat of wrold domination with gritty edgy style and a heroic character in the midst of it all like w whirlwind.....if only it did not end so fast and the threads of many characters made it into other models....the indomitable picks up from thsi as perry actually keeps continuity between novels.

by the way arnold was an aesome conan and the movie by milius is #1 of all time right up there with star wars matrix and dune! other reviewer stinky

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perry + Conan=Good Adventure, March 2, 2007

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Eric J. Weik "ejwtfw" (Dyersburg, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conan The Defiant (Mass Market Paperback)

Perry can right, and his Conan books are great. Well paced with lots of action and adventure, while building the characters.

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than average Conan tale, September 6, 2011

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Robert A. Byrne (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conan The Defiant (Mass Market Paperback)

Conan the Defiant is the second of the five novels which Steve Perry wrote in the fifty-book Tor Series. In William Galen Gray's chronology it is the fourth Conan tale (following Conan of Venarium, Legions of the Dead and The Thing in the Crypt), taking place before Sean Moore's Conan the Hunter.

****MINOR SPOILERS BELOW****

The young Conan comes upon a lone priest being waylaid by five bandits. Impressed with the stranger's skill with a wooden staff, the Cimmerian wades in and helps the man dispatch his opponents. Cengh, a priest of the Suddah Oblates, is later murdered, sending Conan on a quest of justice for his short-time friend.

In typical Conan fashion, he beds Elashi, a desert-bred warrior maiden as well as Tuanne, a beautiful zombie. Yep, a zombie. Being the irresistable stud he is, the trio engage in threesomes all along their trek to the bad guy's castle. This one seems to rate higher than normal on the Conan adolescent fantasies scale.

Neg the Malefic is a necromancer who needs a gem called The Source of Light to raise and unleash a horde of undead minions to conquer the world. Both Conan's and Elisha's quests are a result of Neg's machinations, even though the evil spellcaster has no idea who they are.

There is no shortage of foes in this tale, with undead, the Men with No Eyes, Neg's lackey, the Suddah Oblates, agents in the employ of The One With No Name and an ensorcelled pack of spiders providing more than enough bad guys at every step of the way. With so many enemies to deal with, it is surprising how often Conan finds time to have sex with his two travelling partners.

The story, which is rather linear, works. There is enough tension throughout, with the time element constantly in play and moving things along. The final confrontation is a bit of a letdown and I had to read it a second time, as it didn't quite make sense on the first try. It didn't really work the second time, either.

Conan the Defiant is worth reading for fans of the muscle-bound sword swinger. On its own merits, it is not a bad heroic sorcery tale. You've got fighting, hot women, zombies and an evil sorceror bent on world domination.