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
- Hawk of the Hills story Howard writing Publications
- The Daughter of Erlik Khan story Howard writing Publications
- The Lost Valley of Iskander story Howard writing Publications
8 contents entries
- "Introduction" by Darrell C. Richardson
- Introduction (The Lost Valley of Iskander) • (1974) • essay by Darrell C. Richardson vii · introduction
- "The Daughter of Erlik Khan"
- The Daughter of Erlik Khan • [El Borak] • (1934) • novella by Robert E. Howard 3 · novelette
- "The Lost Valley of Iskander"
- The Lost Valley of Iskander • [El Borak] • (1974) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 93 · novelette
- "Hawk of the Hills"
- Hawk of the Hills • [El Borak] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 135 · novelette
Contributors
- Ken Kelly
- Cover artist
Characters / Featuring
Additional related terms
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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