About the book: 1996 / Conan, at the head of a gang of Afghuls, makes his way through Tauran to Kof, where the war began, to sell his services at a higher price, but is ambushed by Tauran special forces , led by his old acquaintance Khezal. In exchange for freedom, Conan must help deal with the Lady of the Mists, a sorceress based in the Kezankian Mountains, on whose orders Hauran mercenaries kidnap peasants from Hezal's lands for sacrifice..