The Moon of Skulls

About The Moon of Skulls

"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.

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