Conan the Savage

Conan the Savage
Conan the Savage by Leonard Carpenter, Tor, 1992
Author(s)	Leonard Carpenter
Cover artist	Ken Kelly
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Conan the Barbarian
Genre(s)	Sword and sorcery
Publisher	Tor
Publication date	1992
Pages	280
ISBN	0-812-51412-2

Conan the Savage is a 1992 sword and sorcery novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Conan the Barbarian.

Plot synopsis

After cheating death with his escape from a Brythunian prison mine, Conan is badly injured in a fight with a bear. He is nursed back to health by Songa, whom he eventually lives with. Conan finds her tribe's simplicity rewarding, but his idyllic life is disrupted when Brythunian soldiers, under orders to find the magic gems Songa's tribe use, attack and destroy his village.

The other narrative is the story of the sorcerer Tamsin, who watches her mother get raped and her family killed by mercenaries hired by Brythunia's king. She gains magical powers of revenge through the power of her doll, who is inhabited by Ninga, a minor deity. Tamsin kills Brythunia's King Typhas and becomes ruler. When Conan comes to Brythunia's capital looking for vengeance, he battles Tamsin and eventually destroys her doll and her power.

Chronological notes

There is no specific age given in Conan the Savage. There is a reference to Conan's time spent with raiding with the Vanir.^[1]

References

1. ^ Carpenter, Leonard. Conan the Savage. 29.