Out today, Marly Youman's new novel, Maze of Blood, from Mercer University Press.
The novel is Youmans' fictionalised account of the life and death of Robert E. Howard, the American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian, and is regarded as the father of 'sword and sorcery'. Clive Hicks-Jenkins provided the cover art-work and the many page decorations throughout the book.