Track	Chapter	Length
01	1 - The Blood-Red Crescent	22:06
02	2 - The Tree of Death	26:31
03	3 - A Letter to Nemedia	23:32
04	4 - Wolves of the Desert	13:41
05	5 - The Voice from the Crystal	17:46
06	6 - The Vulture's Wings	21:48

Notes & Credits
Running time: 2 hour and 5 minutes
Read by: Phil Chenevert
Book Coordinator: Phil Chenevert
Meta Coordinator: Phil Chenevert
Proof Listener: Brittania

Artwork
Cover: Cover of Weird Tales, December 1934, by Margaret Brundage.
Inset: Cover of the pulp magazine Avon Fantasy Reader (May 15, 1949, no. 10) featuring "A Witch Shall be Born"
Inset: Photograph of Robert E. Howard taken in 1934. Author unknown.

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Written in a few days in the spring of 1934 and published by Weird Tales that same year, A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard tells the story of a witch, Salome, who replaces her twin sister, Queen Taramis of the city-state Khauran, as queen and her resulting conflict with Conan, the captain of the deposed queen’s guard. Themes of paranoia, the good and evil reflected in the duality of the sisters, and the conflict of civilization and barbarism are prominent. There is a strong undertone of Christianity as well. A prophecy by Salome makes clear she is an early incarnation of the Salome of the New Testament. The second chapter, “The Tree of Death”, is noted for the scene of Conan’s crucifixion, a variation of which was included in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian featuring Arnold Schwartzenegger as Conan.

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Item Info
EAN - DVD case	0701236969252
EAN - CD jacket	0686175923575
Media	MP3 CD
Package	DVD case, CD jacket, CD security sleeve
Author	Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)
Year	1934
Recording
Read by	Phil Chenevert
Length	2 hours and 5 minutes
Type of Reading	Solo