The Lost Valley of Iskander

"The Lost Valley of Iskander" is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard's lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector's Editions hardback The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974.[1] Its original title was "Swords of the Hills".

"The Lost Valley of Iskander"
AuthorRobert E. Howard
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEl Borak
Genre(s)Adventure
Published inThe Lost Valley of Iskander
Publication typeHardback
PublisherFAX
Publication date1974

In this story, El Borak discovers a legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great invading army. Meanwhile, the vital package he carries must be carried to British India before the Hungarian, Hunyadi, can stop him or thousands will die.

Plot

El Borak must carry vital papers across Afghanistan into India, while being chased by the Hungarian Gustav Hunyadi. In doing so, El Borak discovers a village populated by the descendants of Alexander the Great's army.

gollark: Defect iff this would not cause its opponent to defect next?
gollark: Clearly, what gollariosity SHOULD do is... something?
gollark: Gollariosity cooperates iff the opponent would cooperate in the same position. But this is actually suboptimal.
gollark: ```scheme(maybe-tit-for-tat-or-grudger 1280)(alt 982)(gollariosity 1254)(grudger 1307)(devil 1097)(mean-tit-for-tat 989)(tit-for-tat 1306)(angel 1198)```
gollark: I MAY have to improve gollariosity.

References
  1. "Publication History". Howard Works. Retrieved 2008-02-11.


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