Description: This book could have benefitted from some serious editing. Reading it, I get the feeling that the publishing company let the author down in the editing process. The enthusiasm is there, a basically decent plot line and character development emerges from its pages. But Offutt is repetitive. For example, the tavern where we meet Conan at the start of the book is described and redescribed and described again. I did enjoy the art. More of a novelty for a Conan collection than anything else. Better yet, stay away.