Dimma, the Mist Mage, knows nothing of Conan, but the vile necromancer's plans require his death. Thayla, beautiful Queen of the Pili, would rather take Conan to her bed, but her own plots mean he must die. Even the lovely Cheen will let nothing stop her from recovering the sacred talisman of her people, and Conan must use all his battle prowess to stay alive.

Accompanied by the beautiful Kalya, Conan pursues Taharka of Keshan, determined to avenge a murder despite the interference of the Ancient Ones

All Conan wants to do is make his way in peace, but the evil necromancer Katamy Rey has named him as his next victim

A chance meeting with giants. A brush with the murderous Varg. A run-in with a treacherous hedge-wizard, complete with socery-twisted henchmen. Conan thought he was just passing through on his way to the wicked delights of fabled Shadizar, but others have different plans, some of which might leave the young Cimmerian dead. He really did not need to attract the attentions of two women at once, and neither of them entirely human. This time he may not survive.

A jeweled bracelet he purchases for his current lady love, Yvanna, from a Zamoran thief sends Conan on a quest for murderous when he discovers that the bracelet had belonged to the King of Brythunia's murdered daughter. Original.

In his native Cimmeria, Conan discovers foreign sorcerers defiling the most sacred place in the land as they struggle for the power to command the very gods. As demons ride to war on the slopes of Ben Morgh, the fate of the world rides on Conan's sword. "A rousing tale in the best Howard tradition".--Robert Jordan.