About the book: 1997 / After destroying a nest of Red Brotherhood pirates during an unexpected night raid undertaken by the young king Yezdegerd, Conan barely escaped with his life. By boat, he reached the rocky coast in the northern part of the Vilayet Sea, almost ended up having dinner with a giant walrus, but was rescued in time by the inhabitants of the local mountains. From them he learned that to the north of Vilayet (and Conan believed all his life that there should be Gray Plains) - it turns out that people live. And they live well... In the steppes of Hyrcania, together with new friends, Conan enters into an unequal battle with the awakened evil of ancient Valusia - a powerful serpent magician.