First published in Weird Tales, August 1930. In Africa again, Kane’s old friend N’Longa (the witch doctor from “Red Shadows”) gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.

Contents

• vi •  The Hills of the Dead (map) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• ix • The Mystery of Solomon Kane • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• 1 • The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 24 • Hawk of Basti • [Solomon Kane] • short story by Ramsey Campbell and Robert E. Howard
• 48 • The Return of Sir Richard Grenville • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 50 • Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 86 • The Footfalls Within • [Solomon Kane] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 104 • The Children of Asshur • [Solomon Kane] • novelette by Ramsey Campbell and Robert E. Howard
• 139 • Solomon Kane’s Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard

Notes

A Bantam Book / March 1979
Printing not stated, no number line
The artist is not credited, the front cover folds open and Larkin’s signature is on the inner portion of the artwork
Printed in the US