This book is chronologically number five in the Lancer Uniform Edition of the saga of CONAN. This was Robert E. Howard only full length Conan Novel.
"His body a prisoner of chains that not even his colossal limbs could tear asunder; his mind commanded by Xaltotum, demonic master of black magic, Conan the Cimmerian, King of Aquilonia, blasts his way to victory in this thrilling novel of fantasy-adventure."