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 foiled those who would usurp his throne and followed the trail of their treachery to the sea...