About “The Hour of the Dragon”
The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by Robert E. Howard featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was first published in serial form in Weird Tales from December 1935 to April 1936 and later released as a book by Gnome Press in 1950 under the title Conan the Conqueror. Subsequent editions have generally used the original title, The Hour of the Dragon, with the text restored to its initial publication form.