Once a slave, now an angry rebel, it’s Conan versus the full might of the sorcerous kingdom of Hyperborea! With the lives of his allies and his lover in the balance, the swordsman must triumph over the most ancient and corrupt kingdom of his world—or watch them die! Original Conan author Robert E. Howard showed that the barbarian held a deep hatred against this magical nation, and vowed one day to grind them into the dust. Now his reasons, and the grisly truth about Hyperborea’s most sacred rites, are finally revealed.

• “Any fan of heroic fantasy needs to get their hands on this book. And the preceeding zero issue. Busiek, Nord, and the rest of team conan are crafting what very well may be the best fantasy comic to debut this year, if not this decade.” — Mike Bullock, brokenfrontier.com