Project Gutenberg 2013-03-03 Public domain in the USA. 1241 Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) 1906 1936 Howard, Robert Ervin Beyond the Black River Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Black_River Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Beyond the Black River" by Robert E. Howard is a fantasy novella written in the early 20th century. This gripping tale features the iconic barbarian hero Conan, who finds himself embroiled in a deadly conflict with the Picts, a fierce tribe that poses a grave threat to the settlers on the frontier. The story explores themes of survival, the clash of civilizations, and the primal nature of humanity. The opening of the narrative introduces a young man named Balthus moving cautiously along a forest trail near Thunder River, aware of the lurking dangers in the wild. He encounters Conan, a skilled and rugged warrior, who has just thwarted an attack by a Pict. As they discuss the perilous encroachment of the Picts and the broader implications for the settlement, Balthus is drawn into Conan's world—and their subsequent adventures plunge them deeper into the heart of a conflict that intertwines magic, treachery, and the struggle for survival against nightmarish creatures. Their hastening flight and builds up tension as they attempt to warn a fort from an impending attack, revealing the brutal reality of life on the edges of civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42254/42254-h/images/cover1.jpg Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fantasy fiction, American Conan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 155617 2025-06-17T07:15:54.185106 text/html 152710 2013-03-03T15:43:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202546 2025-06-17T07:15:57.273114 application/epub+zip 203370 2025-06-17T07:15:54.963115 application/epub+zip 203369 2025-06-17T07:15:54.492169 application/epub+zip 266840 2025-06-17T07:15:59.270050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253508 2025-06-17T07:15:56.967069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253636 2022-09-19T10:08:58.436658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145619 2023-09-18T10:45:43.024544 text/plain 16336 2025-06-17T07:15:59.410085 application/rdf+xml 21150 2025-06-17T07:15:54.572197 image/jpeg 4099 2025-06-17T07:15:54.531119 image/jpeg 194269 2025-06-17T07:15:54.206128 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia