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Title: Conan and the Mists of Doom
Series:
Conan the Barbarian #34
Author: Roland
Green
Rating: 1.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Fantasy
Pages: 184
Words:
71K
Publish: 1995
This was one of the worst Conan stories I’ve read so far, and I’ve read some real stinkers. It was an accumulated weight of misery that built up over time and I just couldn’t take it any more. When I finished this book, I swore off of these pastiches. Not necessarily for good, but at least until I go and read ALL the original Conan stuff by Howard.
This was a garbage story and the writing was that of a hack. It felt very much like Green had written his own “adventure” story and when it wouldn’t sell (because it was so boring and dumb and stupid), repurposed it into a Conan story. This wasn’t just “not good”, but it was “bad”. I shouldn’t feel like I’m reading some highschooler’s “story” when I’m reading a Conan novel. I need the skill and talent in the writing that makes me feel that sizzle, that zing as the sword chops through the monster. Just describing the action isn’t writing the action and I’m afraid this writer doesn’t have the skill to do that.
Blehhhhhh...
★✬☆☆☆
From Wikipedia
The story is set in the Kezankian Mountains and the borderlands of Turan. After Conan's time spent with the Afghulis begins to sour, he leads a band of tribesmen away from the Afghuli mountains and towards Koth. During their journey, the tribesmen are intercepted by a force of Turanian cavalry, led by Khezal, an old acquaintance of Conan's.[2] Khezal offers Conan and his warriors freedom if they help combat the Mist of Doom, a life-draining force that is attacking Khezal's territory near the mountains. Unbeknownst to ether Conan or Khezal, the Mist is controlled by the Lady of the Mists, who is gathering captives to feed to the Mist, in hopes of controlling it.
The Afghulis and Turanians meet up with a third group of desert nomads, the Ekinari, led by Bethina, an attractive young warrior woman. The three groups combine forces in an effort to defeat the Mist before it grows out of control. In the climactic battle, the Lady of the Mist is killed, but not before she can summon an elemental. The two magical forces collide, destroying the valley and each other. Conan's chief advisor, Farad, and Bethina stay in the valley to repopulate it while Conan rides on into Koth.
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