Quote:The goddess of Chance gambles with a barbarian swordsman - for his life . ..
The Empire of Rome is threatened with disaster by a barbaric sorcerer who raises mindless killers for the earth itself . ..
The last survivor of Atlantis is called upon to do battle against a human-eating creature only he can brave - to save a race of giants . ..
Robert E. Howard provides weird surprises in a tale of a Spanish opportunist, a "lost" Aztec city, and a centuries-old mage - in what may be the last story REH ever wrote .
The sexiest woman on the planet has never lost in her sadistic duels with men . ..
and other all-new tales of menace, high adventure and derring-do, written especially for this volume!

✔Foreword (Swords Against Darkness) • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
✔Nekht Semerkeht • novelette by Robert E. Howard and Andrew J. Offutt
✔The Tale of Hauk • novelette by Poul Anderson
✔The Smile of Oisia • [Nalcon] • novelette by Geo. W. Proctor
✔Pride of the Fleet • short story by Bruce Jones
✔Straggler from Atlantis • [Kardios] • novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
✔The Ring of Set • [Simon of Gitta] • novelette by Richard L. Tierney
✔Largarut's Bane • short story by Raul Garcia Capella
✔Dragons' Teeth • (1975) • novelette by David Drake
✔The Sustenance of Hoak • [Ryre] • novelette by Ramsey Campbell