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Kull: The Heart of Piri'nach
Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with exclusive serialized eBook stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more by many of today’s top writers in fantasy and sword-and-sorcery.
Jolanta, a citizen of Atlantis, entreats her King for help. She seeks to defeat the cult of Piri’nach in
order to save her sister, Nola.
Nola has been ensorcelled by a dread sorcerer and forced, in a fugue state, into leaving with the
cult. Jolanta doesn’t know where Nola has been taken. All she has is a Thulsa Doom.
Hearing that accursed name, Kull knows that he must do all he can. Together, he, Brule-the
Spear-Slayer and Jolanta venture out, following the trail left by Thulsa Doom.
Jolanta, a citizen of Atlantis, entreats her King for help. She seeks to defeat the cult of Piri’nach in
order to save her sister, Nola.
Nola has been ensorcelled by a dread sorcerer and forced, in a fugue state, into leaving with the
cult. Jolanta doesn’t know where Nola has been taken. All she has is a Thulsa Doom.
Hearing that accursed name, Kull knows that he must do all he can. Together, he, Brule-the
Spear-Slayer and Jolanta venture out, following the trail left by Thulsa Doom.
- GenresSword and SorceryFantasy
35 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2026
About the author
George Mann
368 books687 followersGeorge Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
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August 2, 2026
I enjoyed this Kull short story. You get Thulsa Doom, a reanimated god, and all forms of sword and sorcery delights. It read more like a Kull comic story than Howard, but that’s ok, because they are good too.
July 18, 2026
One of the best entries in the Heroic Legends series as King Kull chases Thulsa Doom and battles a Lovecraftian monster in this incredibly fast paced and enjoyable short.
July 1, 2026
By no means is this Howard's Kull. This felt like a barbarian story with Howard's characters thrown in to say it's part of the Heroic Legends series. Not a terrible barbarian story on it's own but not a good Kull story at all. I'd avoid this.
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