Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more by many of today's top writers in fantasy and sword-and-sorcery.
Before Kull would be king, before he was great, he was bound in servitude. Knowledgeable about the ways of the world and a hardened hunter, he proves more than useful, and his master offers him freedom within a year. There's always a catch.
Kull must climb the slopes of Skull Mountain to track, kill and behead the mysterious Beast that has been butchering livestock. Many men have hunted the beast, none have returned. Kull knows he will not share their fate. He will decipher cruel omens, fight against the natural and supernatural and venture through dying forests to conquer the foul beast.
