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This is a decent set of short stories. Brak, in these tales, is journeying to Khurdisan where he thinks his fortunes will be had. Yet, through sheer luck, or bad fortune one might say, he constantly finds himself in some sort of trouble. There is always women and mages involved in every struggle he has to face, that may be a curse all of its own I think. The stories are fairly fast paced and a couple end almost to abruptly to be honest. I do believe the first story Devils in the walls is the wea
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A great collection of early tales of BRAK THE BARBARIAN. Especially interesting are "THE GIRL IN THE GEM" and "THE DEVILS IN THE WALLS" two of John Jakes' earliest Brak stories published in FANTASTIC STORIES in May 1963 (Devils) and Jan 1965(GEM). A must have collection for the hard core SWORDS & SORCERY fan who enjoys the genre for what it is...eerie, action packed and uproarious.
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This is a collection of short stories about Brak and is actually my favorite in the series. Many of these stories also appeared in other venues as well.
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