Conan, hailed and feared as chief of the pirate brotherhood, has built an island kingdom on the stormy waters of the Vilayet.

Wielding cutlass and oarblade with relentless skill, he plays off one mainland empire against another amid the stirrings of a sorcerous war that will set the glittering inland sea aboil with blood.

Dangers loom on every side; the lure of ancient pirate treasure draws Conan into a sorcerous doom woven for him by the arch-wizard, Crotalis. But most fateful of all is the apocalyptic sea battle that will immortalize or destroy...