Introduction
“Country of the Knife” is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the August 1936 issue of the pulp magazine Complete Stories. It was sold for $120.00 to Street & Smith by Binder circa April 1936, where they changed the title to ‘The Country of the Knife’ from the original ‘Sons of the Hawk’.
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Published in:
- COMPLETE STORIES Volume 41 Number 1, Street and Smith Publications, Inc., August 1936
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 11, Marvel Comics, April 1976 (graphic adaptation featuring Conan)
- SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, FAX, 1977
- SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, Orbit, 1977
- SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, Berkley, April 1978
- TERRA FANTASY 77: IM LAND DER MESSER, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, 1980 (German)
- EL BORAK LE REDOUTABLE, NeO, February 1984 (French)
- SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, Ace, January 1987
- EL BORAK LE REDOUTABLE, Fleuve Noir, March 1992 (French)
- BLOOD OF THE GODS, North-West, 1998 (Russian)
- WEIRD TALES DE LHORK #27, Círculo de Lhork, 2003 (Spanish)
- BLOOD OF THE GODS AND OTHER STORIES, Girasol Collectables, April 2005
- THE ‘EL BORAK’ STORIES, Echo Library, March 2007
- THE EL BORAK ADVENTURES, Ignacio Hills Press, November 2008
- EL BORAK AND OTHER DESERT ADVENTURES, Del Rey, February 2010 (as “Sons of the Hawk”)
- THE EL BORAK SERIES: SONS OF THE HAWK, Paradox Entertainment Inc., June 2010 (as “Sons of the Hawk”)
- THE EL BORAK SERIES: SONS OF THE HAWK, Paradox Entertainment Inc., September 2011 (as “Sons of the Hawk”)
- EL BORAK – L’INTÉGRALE, Bragelonne, September 2011 (French, as “Sons of the Hawk”)
- ORIENTAL STORIES, VOLUME 3, Nuelow Games, July 2012
- SOLOMON KANE AND OTHER STORIES, Jame-Books, August 2012
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
- WEIRD TALES: 101 WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES VOLUME 9, Civitas Media, June 2013
- ROBERT E. HOWARD SHORT STORIES & NOVELLAS, Business and Leadership Publishing, July 2014
- THE COUNTRY OF THE KNIFE, eStar Books, February 2015
- TALES OF EL BORAK, Ozymandias Press, July 2016
- TALES OF EL BORAK, Jovian Press, November 2016
- EL BORAK, AVVENTURIERO DEL DESERTO, Elara, October 2018 (Italian)
