The king of Vendhya is dead, the victim of black magic. At the request of the king's sister, Conan scales the craggy peaks of the Himelians to the fortress of the Black Seers. There he must battle powerful magicians with the only weapons he has--his cunning and his strength.

The king of Vendhya is dead, the victim of black magic. At the request of the king's sister, Conan scales the craggy peaks of the Himelians to the fortress of the Black Seers. There he must battle powerful magicians with the only weapons he has--his cunning and his strength.