
Rogue Blades author: On The Trail With El Borak
Francis Xavier Gordon, better known as El Borak, “the Swift” — from his deadly speed with six-gun and sword — is the first and the last of Robert E. Howard’s iconic pulp fiction adventure heroes. El Borak is a uniquely Howardian character, a Western hero riding the trails of Central Asia, part John Wesley Hardin, part Lawrence of Arabia, and a little bit Tamerlane.