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The Lost Valley of Iskander

Berkley

Material type

Publication date: September 1979

Introduction

"The Lost Valley of Iskander" is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard's lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector's Editions hardback The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974.[1] Its original title was "Swords of the Hills".

In this story, El Borak discovers a legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great invading army. Meanwhile, the vital package he carries must be carried to British India before the Hungarian, Hunyadi, can stop him or thousands will die.

"The Daughter of Erlik Khan" is another El Borak short story. It was originally published in the December 1934 issue of the pulp magazine Top-Notch.

"Hawk of the Hills" is also an El Borak short story. It was originally published in the June 1935 issue of the pulp magazine Top-Notch, one of only five of the El Borak stories published within Howard's lifetime. The story was featured as the cover of that issue.

Notes

1st known printing

 

 

Edition and production details

Format details
Mass-market paperback
Edition
1st
Format
Paperback
Publication date
September 1979
Identifiers
042504243X
Pages
207
Publisher / imprint
Berkley
Cover art
Ken Kelly
Illustrations
None

3 linked Howard works

8 contents entries

  1. "Introduction" by Darrell C. Richardson
  2. Introduction (The Lost Valley of Iskander) • (1974) • essay by Darrell C. Richardson vii · introduction
  3. "The Daughter of Erlik Khan"
  4. The Daughter of Erlik Khan • [El Borak] • (1934) • novella by Robert E. Howard 3 · novelette
  5. "The Lost Valley of Iskander"
  6. The Lost Valley of Iskander • [El Borak] • (1974) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 93 · novelette
  7. "Hawk of the Hills"
  8. Hawk of the Hills • [El Borak] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 135 · novelette

Contributors

Ken Kelly
Cover artist

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
The Lost Valley of Iskander
Publisher
Berkley
Date
September 1979
Source file
iskandy.htm

REH World editorial layer

Title
The Lost Valley of Iskander
Publisher
Berkley
Date
September 1979
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.