Tigers of the Sea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard about the pirate Cormac Mac Art, a Gael who joins a band of Danish Vikings during the reign of King Arthur. Howard was inspired by Cormac Mac Airt, a famous High King of Ireland who possibly existed circa 200 AD, but takes considerable creative liberties with the source material. Except for one, the stories are pure historical fiction, dealing with struggles between various groups of humans. The exception is the fantasy-horror tale “The Temple of Abomination”, in which Cormac Mac Art and his Viking fellows defeat the last of the monstrous Serpent Men, whom King Kull fought in the much earlier Howardian cycle. Tigers of the Sea was first published in 1974 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 3,400 copies… Originally, Cormac Mac Art (nicknamed an Cluiun – “The Wolf”) was a member of the Irish Reivers – bold pirates who range far among the ruins of the Roman Empire, reaching Spain and on occasion even Egypt, though their ships are less sound than those of the Scandinavian Vikings. Usually, Reivers and Vikings are on bad terms with each other – being competitors for the same loot. However, at one point, Cormac Mac Art (for unspecified reasons) became an outlaw and had to leave Ireland in a hurry. Soon, he found refuge and a new home among the Danish Vikings led by Wulfhere the Skull-Splitter. He became Wulfhere’s right hand man, the two of them complementing each other and working harmoniously together…
First Appearance Tigers of the Sea (Donald M. Grant, 1973)
First Publisher Donald M. Grant
Appearance List Tigers of the Sea (Donald M. Grant, 1973) collection of Robert E. Howard’s unpublished short stories “Tigers of the Sea” (by Howard, completed by Richard L. Tierney), “Swords of the Northern Sea”, “The Night of the Wolf”, and “The Temple of Abomination” (by Howard, completed by Tierney); Cormac Mac Art (Baen, 1995). Continued by author Andrew Offutt: Sword of the Gael (1975), The Undying Wizard (1976), The Sign of the Moonbow (1977), The Mists of Doom (1977), When Death Birds Fly (1980, with Keith Taylor), The Tower of Death (1982, with Keith Taylor).
Sample Read Tigers Of The Sea by Robert E. Howard [Internet Archive]
Description Tigers of the Sea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard about the pirate Cormac Mac Art, a Gael who joins a band of Danish Vikings during the reign of King Arthur. Howard was inspired by Cormac Mac Airt, a famous High King of Ireland who possibly existed circa 200 AD, but takes considerable creative liberties with the source material. Except for one, the stories are pure historical fiction, dealing with struggles between various groups of humans. The exception is the fantasy-horror tale “The Temple of Abomination”, in which Cormac Mac Art and his Viking fellows defeat the last of the monstrous Serpent Men, whom King Kull fought in the much earlier Howardian cycle. Tigers of the Sea was first published in 1974 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 3,400 copies… Originally, Cormac Mac Art (nicknamed an Cluiun – “The Wolf”) was a member of the Irish Reivers – bold pirates who range far among the ruins of the Roman Empire, reaching Spain and on occasion even Egypt, though their ships are less sound than those of the Scandinavian Vikings. Usually, Reivers and Vikings are on bad terms with each other – being competitors for the same loot. However, at one point, Cormac Mac Art (for unspecified reasons) became an outlaw and had to leave Ireland in a hurry. Soon, he found refuge and a new home among the Danish Vikings led by Wulfhere the Skull-Splitter. He became Wulfhere’s right hand man, the two of them complementing each other and working harmoniously together…
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