King Conan 4 ─ The Conqueror

Conan, the former barbarian king of Aquilonia, is on the run from a traitorous alliance of usurpers backed by the resurrected sorcerer Xaltotun. Conan must fight his way across battle-ravaged countries and bandit-filled seas, through dark tombs, and back again to regain his throne. With a promise to the harem slave Zenobia on his mind, the calculating barbarian must find the mysterious, magical Heart of Ahriman in order to ensure victory, retribution, and freedom for his people! The fan-favorite triumvirate of Timothy Truman, Tomas Giorello, and Jose Villarrubia faithfully adapt the second half of Robert E. Howard's only Conan novel!

Truman's first professional comics work was Grimjack with writer John Ostrander. Along with being a fan favorite and often imitated character, Grimjack almost single-handedly defined the "grim and gritty" action comic character archetype. Truman has been continuously creative for more than 20 years, displaying his pulp sensitivities in his writing. In 1985, he created Scout, which was followed by Scout: War Shaman, a futuristic western. A year later, he relaunched the Hillman characters Airboy and The Heap for Eclipse Comics. He also developed The Prowler, a Shadow type character, and adapted The Spider for Eclipse. In 1989, at DC Comics he created Hawkworld, a reinvention of Hawkman. With author Joe R. Lansdale, he reinterpreted Jonah Hex as a horror western. In it, their creation of villain Edgar Autumn elicited a complaint from musician Edgar Winter. Truman was chosen by Dark Horse Comics to illustrate a newly completed Tarzan novel and wrote a story arc for the comic book. He also wrote virtually the entire run of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter for Valiant Comics. He also wrote Star Wars at Dark Horse Comics. While at Dark Horse Comics, he took over the writing of Conan from Kurt Busiek in 2006, and after that series ended he started Conan The Cimmerian. The author lives in Lancaster PA.