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The sixteenth-century Puritan Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpasses common reason. Sombre of mood, clad in black and grey, he 'never sought to analyse his motives and he never wavered once his mind was made up. Though he always acted on impulse, he firmly believed that all his actions were governed by cold and logical reasonings... A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things, and avenge all crimes against right and justice'.

Immune to the attractions of the opposite sex, he seems drawn by some psychological distress beacon to places where he knows only that he will be called upon to defend the helpless or (more often) exact retribution on their behalf. Himself a Christian, possessed of enormous strength and skill in swordplay, he yet has little hesitation in calling upon the assistance of his Voodoo-practising friend N'Longa when strength, skill and Christian belief are not enough.

Stories include:

• Solomon Kane
• Skulls in the Stars
• The Right Hand of Doom
• Rattle of Bones
• The Moon of Skulls
• The Hills of the Dead
• The Footfalls Within
• Wings in the Night
• Blades of the Brotherhood
• Death's Black Riders

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic's faith and a warrior's savage heart.

Table of Contents:

• The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane - (1998) - interior artwork by Gary Gianni
• A1 - A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard - (1998) - essay by Rusty Burke
• A15 - Gary Gianni - essay by uncredite
• A17 - Notes on the Original Howard Text (The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane) - essay by uncredited
• i - Foreword (The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane) - (1998) - essay by Gary Gianni
• iii - In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard - (1936) - essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 1 - Skulls in the Stars - [Solomon Kane] - (1929) - short story
• 19 - The Right Hand of Doom - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 29 - Red Shadows - [Solomon Kane] - (1928) - novelette
• 73 - Rattle of Bones - [Solomon Kane] - (1929) - short story
• 85 - The Castle of the Devil - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 93 - Death's Black Riders - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 97 - The Moon of Skulls - [Solomon Kane] - (1930) - novella
• 171 - The One Black Stain - [Solomon Kane] - (1962) - poem
• 177 - The Blue Flame of Vengeance - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - noveletted (variant of Blades of the Brotherhood)
• 223 - The Hills of the Dead - [Solomon Kane] - (1930) - novelette
• 254 - Hawk of Basti - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 269 - The Return of Sir Richard Grenville - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - poem
• 273 - Wings in the Night - [Solomon Kane] - (1932) - novelette
• 323 - The Footfalls Within - [Solomon Kane] - (1931) - short story
• 347 - The Children of Asshur - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - novelette
• 379 - Solomon Kane's Homecoming - [Solomon Kane] - (1936) - poem
• 385 - Solomon Kane's Homecoming (Variant) - [Solomon Kane] - (1971) - poem