Introduction
The story was rejected by Soldiers of Fortune circa March 1932 and never published during Howard’s lifetime.
In “The Road of Azrael,” the Turkish warrior, Kosru Malik, recounts his adventure with the Frankish knight, Sir Eric de Cogan. The knight has ventured into the dangerous lands beyond the Crusader states in search of his kidnapped beloved, Ettaire.
The Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency.
Published in:
- CHACAL #1, Nemedian Chronicles, Winter 1976
- THE ROAD OF AZRAEL, Grant, 1979 (Regular edition)
- THE ROAD OF AZRAEL, Grant, 1979 (Limited edition)
- THE ROAD OF AZRAEL, Bantam, July 1980
- TERRA FANTASY #93: DIE KRIEGER VON ASSUR, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, 1982 (German)
- LA ROUTE D’AZRAËL, NeO, May 1986 (French)
- LA ROUTE D’AZRAËL, Fleuve Noir, March 1993 (French)
- BRAMY IMPERIUM, Wydawnictwo GEA, 1994 (Polish)
- SHADOW HAWK (TEN’ JASTREBA), North-West, 1998 (Russian)
- LORD OF SAMARCAND AND OTHER ADVENTURE TALES OF THE OLD ORIENT, Bison Books, April 2005
- LE SEIGNEUR DE SAMARCANDE, Bragelonne, July 2009 (French)
- SWORD WOMAN AND OTHER HISTORICAL ADVENTURES, Del Rey, January 2011
- LE SEIGNEUR DE SAMARCANDE. LES FAUCONS D’OUTREMER, Bragelonne, March 2013 (French)
- LE SEIGNEUR DE SAMARCANDE, Le Livre de Poche, April 2020 (French)
