Covertekst
Know, O prince, that there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Conan the Cimmerian: black-haired, sullen eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer. Having wrested the rule of Aquilonia from the tyrant Namedides, he dreamed one night of a plot to usurp his new-won throne and woke to find assassins at his door...