Introduction

THE WAY OF THE SWORDS is the name from an early draft Glenn Lord published in the Donald Grant book ‘Road of Azrael’. The original title is THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES for which two drafts presently exist. It’s an unpublished historical adventure store that de Camp turned into a Conan story.

  1. An early draft that Glenn Lord published in the Donald Grant book ROAD OF AZRAEL as “The Way of the Swords.”
  2. A final draft (now at Cross Plains Public Library) that L. Sprague de Camp found and rewrote as “Conan, Man of Destiny,” then later published as “The Road of the Eagles.”

Alternate titles:

THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES and CONAN, MAN OF DESTINY.

Published in:

The REH final draft, with the original text and title restored to “The Road of Eagles” has been published here:

The L. Sprague de Camp Conan story titled “The Road of Eagles” appears in:

The L. Sprague de Camp Conan story titled “Conan, Man of Destiny” appears in:

Source

As The Road of the Eagles:

As Conan, Man of destiny: