 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Robert E. Howard |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tim Kirk |
| Cover artist | Tim Kirk |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cormac Mac Art |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 212 pp |
| OCLC | 1372467 |
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. (Historically, Cormac Mac Art is the name of a famous High King of Ireland, but among the many legends told of him there is no reference to him having been a pirate.)
Tigers of the Sea was first published in 1974 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 3,400 copies. The stories feature Howard's character Cormac Mac Art; the volume was edited by Richard L. Tierney.
Except for one, the stories are pure historical fiction, dealing with struggles between various groups of human beings waged by mundane human weapons. The exception is "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.