03059cam a22004333u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000500011324500230016326400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033649000170037249000500038950000310043950801080047052015840057853400860216265300170224865300240226565300330228965300240232265300230234665300520236970000290242170000460245083000170249683000500251385600430256399900190260677605UtSlPG20260610134810.0mcr n260607r20261930utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHoward, Robert E.q(Robert Ervin),d1906-193614aThe Moon of Skulls 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aSolomon Kane1 aProduced from Weird Tales June and July 1930.  aRelease date is 2026-01-01  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net  a"The Moon of Skulls" by Robert E. Howard is a fantasy adventure novella written in the early 20th century. It follows the grim Puritan swordsman Solomon Kane as he penetrates the lost African city of Negari to rescue the kidnapped heiress Marylin Taferal, clashing with the cruel queen Nakari and the echoing horrors of an ancient Atlantean past.

The opening of the tale shows Kane climbing a jungle crag at night, dodging a hurled boulder, ignoring a corpse “signpost,” and being escorted—then betrayed—by hidden warriors at a chasm-spanning bridge. He falls with a foe, survives on a ledge, fights through a bat-haunted cavern and a giant serpent, and discovers man-built secret corridors within a vast, ancient palace. Spying on the throne room, he witnesses Nakari’s ruthless rule before slipping into a private chamber where he finds Marylin; she recounts her abduction and his long pursuit across seas and continents. Caught by Nakari, Kane is trapped and chained, rejects her offer to rule the world at her side, then escapes via a hidden door and meets a dying Atlantean priest who reveals Negari’s origin, its worship of the skull of Nakura, and the coming “Moon of Skulls” sacrifice. Racing to stop it, Kane reaches the wrong stair but improvises: he kills a guard, regains his pistol, shatters Nakura’s skull with a shot, and plunges the city into homicidal madness; Nakari dies in the chaos, Kane smashes the masked sacrificer, frees Marylin, and faces a final onrushing attacker as the scene cuts off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cIndianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930  aHorror tales  aVampires -- Fiction  aBritish -- Africa -- Fiction  aPuritans -- Fiction  aRescues -- Fiction  aKane, Solomon (Fictitious character) -- Fiction1 aRankin, Hugh,d1878-19561 aSenf, C. C.q(Curtis Charles),d1873-1949 0aSolomon Kane 0aProduced from Weird Tales June and July 1930.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77605  c118325d118325