"R?d Nails" is a classic sword and sorc?ry nov?lla writt?n by Rob?rt E. Howard, th? prolific Am?rican author b?st known for cr?ating th? iconic charact?r Conan th? Barbarian. "R?d Nails" is on? of Howard's last and most c?l?brat?d works in th? Conan s?ri?s. Th? story is s?t in th? mythical land of Xuchotl, wh?r? th? last surviving inhabitants of two warring citi?s, Xuchotl and Commoria, find th?ms?lv?s living in a singl? fortr?ss known as th? "R?d Nails. " Conan, th? Cimm?rian warrior, ?ncount?rs Val?ria, a fi?rc? pirat?, and tog?th?r, th?y b?com? ?mbroil?d in th? d?adly politics and conflicts of this isolat?d community. Within th? walls of R?d Nails, th? charact?rs fac? tr?ach?rous sorc?ry, savag? b?asts, and th? ?v?r-pr?s?nt thr?at of b?trayal as th?y navigat? a soci?ty st??p?d in bloodlust and intrigu?. Howard's vivid d?scriptions and skillful world-building bring this dang?rous and darkly atmosph?ric s?tting to lif?. "R?d Nails" is notabl? for its ?xploration of th?m?s such as barbarism, civilization’s d?clin?, and th? d?structiv? natur? of unr?l?nting conflict. It also showcas?s Howard's signatur? writing styl?, charact?riz?d by action-pack?d s?qu?nc?s, vivid charact?rs, and a p?nchant for ?xploring th? primal asp?cts of humanity.
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was a writer from the United States. He wrote a wide variety of pulp fiction in a variety of genres. He is considered as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre, having invented the character Conan the Barbarian. Howard was born in Texas and raised there. He spent the majority of his life in Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. He was a scholarly and intellectual boy who like boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding before taking up amateur boxing. He had an ambition of becoming an adventure fiction writer since he was nine years old, but he did not achieve true success until he was 23. Following that, until his suicide at the age of 30, Howard's writings were published in a variety of periodicals, journals, and newspapers, and he became adept in various subgenres. His greatest success came after he died. Howard's works were never collected during his lifetime, despite the fact that a Conan novel was nearly published in 1934. Weird Tales, where Howard developed Conan the Barbarian, was his major outlet for his stories.
