In general, I cannot stand the writings of Roland Green. He is imaginative enough, but his word-usage and research leave a lot to be desired. One of his most annoying traits is his complete over-reliance on one particular word - wit and words derived from wit..
He loves it. He uses it on almost every page of every one of his books. I just now have taken up his Conan the Relentless and opened it to a random page... page 57: "'No more blood, you witlings!' Conan roared...." Again on the same page: "'Will you stand foresworn in the face of the enemy and before a man who knows how to use strength and wits?'"
Let's turn the page, shall we? Page 58: "After a moment, Conan realized that Syzambry had the wits to know what he faced here..." Let's go to the next page, then. Page 59: "Briefly, Conan cursed Count Syzambry's wits..."
See a pattern? Let's look at the next page. Page 60: "Her garb might be in disarray, but her wits were not."
Next page - page 61: "If Count Syzambry was at the village and had the wits to heed the warning..."
The following page, page 62, is amazing - not a single instance of the word wit or a derivative of it; unfortunately the page after that, page 63, includes the line, "As Raihna had the reputation of a captain with her wits about her..."
Page 64: "The Cimmerian seemed to have his wits about him more than most..."
Anyway, out of eight pages there were eight uses of the word wit. Some of his favorite are witling, half-wit, witless, et. al. Someone needs to send Roland Green a thesaurus. His use of the word 'wit' in each of his novels is beyond annoying - it is witless. Try it yourself. Pick up any Roland Green Conan novel and open to a random page. The word 'wit' will be there in some form or another, or within a page or two.
In addition to repetitious word use, his research into the world of Conan is lacking. One example is the Argossean city of Messantia. In The Hour of the Dragon, Robert E. Howard states 'No walls surround Messantia. The sea and the ships of the sea guarded that southern trading city.' However, Roland Green, in Conan the Guardian, states 'The walls of Messantia were also enough to sober any man. They were five men high and three men at least thick…'
It would be nice if Roland Green actually looked into what Robert E. Howard wrote about a place before writing about it himself.