In the latter days of King Yildiz's reign in Aghrapur, the barbarian named Conan did wield the unconquered hill-tribes of northern Turan into an outlaw force to be reckoned with, and the Hyrkanian she-devil called Red Sonja stood at his side. But then came Rotath, sorcerer of ancient Lemuria. Rotath had been slain twice in his ten thousand years - once by Kull of Atlantis, in pre-Cataclysmic times, and once by Conan the Cimmerian. And now, resurrected in an unholy, monstrous form, Rotath meant to have vengeance on them both...