**Creator of Conan and Kull** Francis Xavier Gordon, hero of *The Lost Valley of Iskander* and *Sons of the White Wolf* , was a living legend in the middle and far East. They called him *El Borak* , The Swift, a title earned by his uncanny ability with gun, knife and sword. **Three-Bladed Doom**. Tells how the mighty *El Borak* , acting as one-man bodyguard and secret service, fights to save the Emir of Afghanistan from the Hidden Ones, a mysterious and deadly band of assassins with a unique weapon – the three-bladed dagger. Cover illustration: Peter A. Jones