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{{Short description|2001 collection of short stories written by Robert E. Howard}}
{{distinguish|The Conan Chronicles 2|The Conan Chronicles II}}
{{Infobox book
| name          = The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = Conan chronicles volume 2.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author        = [[Robert E. Howard]]
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = [[John Howe (illustrator)|John Howe]]
| country       = United Kingdom
| language      = English
| series        = [[Conan (books)#Gollancz editions, 2000-2006|Gollancz Conan Chronicles]]
| subject       = 
| genre         = [[Fantasy fiction|Fantasy]]
| publisher     = [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz]]
| release_date  = [[2000 in literature|2000]]
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print (paperback)
| pages         = xii, 575 pp
| isbn          = 1-85798-747-0
| oclc= 59534814
| preceded_by   = [[The Conan Chronicles, 1|The Conan Chronicles, Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle]]
| followed_by   = 
}}
'''''The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon''''' is a collection of [[fantasy]] short stories written by [[Robert E. Howard]] featuring his [[sword and sorcery]] hero [[Conan the Barbarian]].  The book was published in 2001 by [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz]] as sixteenth volume of their [[Fantasy Masterworks]] series.  The book, edited by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]], presents the stories in their internal chronological order.  Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines ''[[Weird Tales]]'', ''Fantasy Magazine'' and ''The Howard Collector''.

==Contents==

* Map of the Hyborian Age, by Dave Senior
* Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age
* "[[Red Nails]]"
* "[[Jewels of Gwahlur]]"
* "[[Beyond the Black River]]"
* "[[The Black Stranger]]"
* "[[Wolves Beyond the Border]]" (Draft)
* "[[The Phoenix on the Sword]]"
* "[[The Scarlet Citadel]]"
* "The Hour of the Dragon" (poem)
* "[[The Hour of the Dragon]]"
* "[[Cimmeria (poem)|Cimmeria]]"
* Afterword: Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Final Years, by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]]

==References==
*{{cite web
  | last = Brown
  | first = Charles N.
  | author-link = Charles N. Brown
  | author2 = William G. Contento
  | title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (2001)
  | url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2001/t54.htm#A2595
  | access-date = 2008-02-04 }}
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