At the age of ten, Conan already finds boyhood too small to contain his manly strength and ambition.ßßBut when disease strikes him and his village, he is left weak and unworthy.ßßDetermined to regain his self-respect, he journeys alone to the site of one of Cimmeria's bloodiest battles-but little does Conan know that vile men hide in the shadows of this place, waiting to prey upon those so foolish as to awaken the fallen warriors from their uneasy sleep.