Another great collection of Harold Lamb adventure tales, edited by Howard Andrew Jones, editor of Black Gate magazine.

Jones is a huge fan and collector of Harold Lamb stories, working with Bison Books/University of Nebraska press, he has now edited eight collections of Lamb stories.

This collection is focused on tales of the Mongol Horde and Genghis Khan, with a couple of side trips, including a 2 part biography of 'Babar the Tiger'

Many of the tales appeared originally in 'Adventure' magazine, and other pulps. One story is missing the middle section, but has been included for the sake of completeness. Also included are letters that Lamb published in response to reader questions about these tales, which were printed in the 'camp fire' section of 'Adventure' magazine.

These rip roaring tales are backed up with solid historical background, and Lamb was better known as historian/biographer, penning a respected biography of Genghis Khan amongst others.

You won't read anything like these stories today, and once you read this volume, you will probably head off to find the others.

If you haven't read any of Harold Lamb's work I suggest starting with 'Wolf of the Steppes' which contains the first set of cossack stories.

The only weak point in this particular collection is the 'Babar the Tiger' biography, which though interesting doesn't get the blood pumping like the other tales here.

Just fantastic. All 8 volumes look great on the shelf as well. ( )