Conan the Conqueror
by Robert E. Howard
Dragon Hour, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a science fiction novel written by Robert E. Howard depicting Conan the Cimmerian, the hero of the seed sword and witchcraft. It was Conan's last story published before Howard's suicide, but it wasn't the last story ever written. The plot is a loosely based melange of motifs from Conan's previous stories, especially the Red Castle, with which he shares almost the same story. This occurs during Conan's reign as King of Aquilonia when he was about forty-five years old, and follows a conspiracy to overthrow him in favor of Valerius, the heir of Conan's predecessor, Numedides, whom a group of conspirators kill to win the throne.
