No son of Cimmeria ever spent much time mourning what was gone forever, but Conan has never before lost a woman such as Belit, the fierce pirate queen. So great is his grief that the mighty barbarian disappears into the wild depths of the Black Coast. But his peaceful oblivion is shattered when he ventures into the Demon's Gate and is suddently transported to the distant Pictish Wilderness, where he must lead a fearsome band of warriors bent on revenge.