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...Red Shadows is the first of a series of stories featuring Howard's puritan avenger, Solomon Kane. Kane tracks his prey over land and sea, enters the jungles of Africa, and even faces dark Gods and evil magic -- all to avenge a woman he'd never met before. (Summary by Paul Siegel)...

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... the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witc...

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... out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hami... ...- Destruction of the capital and massacre of the islanders -- An Island whence Solomon obtained his riches -- Among the Cannibals -- Worship of toads ... ...igated by two fleets, sailing in opposite directions, at nearly the same time. SOLOMON'S NAVY. Thirteen hundred years after, the flood, as the Bible t... ...OLOMON'S NAVY. Thirteen hundred years after, the flood, as the Bible tells us, Solomon built a very large ,navy on the Red Sea at a haven called Ezion... ...re Sir Francis Drake had attempted that difficult enterprise. AN ISLAND WHENCE SOLOMON DERIVED HIS RICHES. Maritime science and discovery were now adv... ...as danger of capsizing the ships, which, however, was averted by a chief named Kaneena, who, at Cook's request, drove the natives from the ship, and p... ... honorable than any that Cook had met with on other islands. After the chiefs, Kaneena and Pareea, had somewhat subdued the exceedingly great curiosit... ...of the party having advanced near the water-side, when an elderly woman called Kaneekabareea, the mother of the boys, and one of the King's favorite w... ...most noted arctic explorers of more modern times: Parry, in 1827, reached 79°; Kane, in 1850, 80° 30'; Hayes, in 1861, 81° 30'; Hall, in 1871, 82° 16'...

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...djusts Pricing Formula, N.Y . T, June 24, 1969, at 55. 6. See Lawrence O’Kane, Computer a Help to ‘Friendly Doc, ’ N.Y. T, May 22, 1966, at 34... ...an, The FBI’s Secret Scrutiny, W. P, Nov. 6, 2005, at A1. 57. See John Solomon, FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data, W. P...

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...d: treasurer, Frank J. Demond '82 of Springfield; executive cororait- tea, Solomon B. Griffin '72 of Springfield, Dr. J. Clarke Hub- bard "77 of Holyo... ...tercollegiate contfiBte. We have a precedent for auuh wait- ing. After the Kane trouble with AmherHt in H)UO, athletic relationH batween tlie two coll...

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... to visit Mataafa’s camp, and spoke of the practice with abhorrence. “Misi Kane,” said one chief, “we have just been puzzling ourselves to guess where... ...and I can imagine the man, so far from haggling over the scourge for a few Solomon islanders, prepared to oppress rival firms, overthrow inconvenient ... ...e it. On October 2nd, anchored in Apia bay H. B. M. S. Cal- liope, Captain Kane, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral Fairfax, 70 A Footnote to History ... ...l Fairfax; and, on the morning of the 10th, the admiral despatched Captain Kane of the Cal- liope to Mulinuu. Brandeis met the messenger with voluble ... ...roduce your de facto king. And Tamasese had at last to be produced. To him Kane de- livered his errand: that the Lizard was to remain for the pro- tec... ...d his thanks to the admiral for the moderate terms of his message, and, as Kane went to his boat, repeated the expression of his gratitude as though h...

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... he opened his discourse, taking for his text a pas sage from the Song of Solomon, laid upon the desk be fore the commencement of the service by som... ...ult., which origi nated in settling the partnership concerns of Messrs. M’Kane and M’Allister, who had been engaged in the business of distilling, an... ...lling, and resulted in the death of the latter, who was shot down by Mr. M’Kane, because of his attempting to take possession of seven barrels of whis... ...mpting to take possession of seven barrels of whis key, the property of M’Kane, which had been knocked off to M’Allister at a sheriff’s sale at one d... ...nocked off to M’Allister at a sheriff’s sale at one dollar per bar rel. M’Kane immediately fled and at the latest dates had not been taken. ‘This un...

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...re venerable dames, which were not quite proper to good breeding. Old Lady Kane, great-aunt of the Marquis of Edbury, was par- ticularly my tormentor,... ...eipt for Edbury’s malady. My father, in a fit of bold irony, proposed Lady Kane for President of his Tattle and Scandal Club,—a club of ladies dotted ... ...estigation, and a Court of Appeal; its object was to arraign slander. Lady Kane declined the honour. ‘I am not a washerwoman,’ she said to me, and spo... .... He ‘ll use Roy’s carriage to fetch and carry for that venomous old woman Kane, I’ll swear.’ ‘She’s a male in Scripture,’ said Wedderburn, and this r... ...ulged the impulse advantageously. Delay threw me into the clutches of Lady Kane herself, on whom I looked with as composed a visage as I could command... ... a chorus below, down in hell, my young friends. The woman is beautiful as Solomon’s bride. She is weak as water. And the man is wicked. He has writte...