With the tide of war turned, Conan"s armies invade Nemedia, arch-enemy of Conan"s kingdom of Aquilonia. As the brutal siege commences, the greatest threat to Conan is not Nemedian sinew or steel, but the steeled heart of a boy raised in the black arts and dedicated to Conan"s destruction. That boy is none other than Taurus, Conan"s own lost son!