Cormac FitzGeoffrey Adventures

2 books in this series

The Cormac FitzGeoffrey Adventures gather Robert E. Howard’s historical stories about a huge Norman-Irish fighter moving through the violent world of the Crusader states. Hawks of Outremer and The Blood of Belshazzar share the same hard-edged hero and the same frontier atmosphere of ruined strongholds, religious war, raids and shifting loyalties in the medieval Levant.

Together they show Howard at his strongest in crusader fiction: fast, physical, atmospheric and rooted in the militarized border world of Outremer rather than in fantasy.

Reading order

Books in this series (2 books)

1. Hawks of Outremer

3.8(51)

Hawks of Outremer is one of Howard’s Cormac FitzGeoffrey adventures, set in crusader Palestine, where the huge Norman-Irish warrior moves through ruined fortifications, shifting loyalties and relentless warfare. Outremer appears as a harsh military frontier where personal prowess, local knowledge and sudden violence matter as much…

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2. The Blood of Belshazzar

2.8(24)

The Blood of Belshazzar follows Cormac FitzGeoffrey into a dangerous mountain stronghold in Anatolia during the broader Crusading era. Howard combines treasure, ambush and claustrophobic fortress intrigue with the atmosphere of a fractured medieval east where isolated strongholds, mercenary fighters and old loyalties remain volatile. More…

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