 By the end, he's already a seasoned warrior, who took part in various kinds of battle, escaped from capture, avoided imminent death, saved his father's life, and has a crucial role in the final defeat of Conan's old enemy Thoth-Amon - making him quite ready to succeed as King Conan II (which he would seven years hence, in "Conan of the Isles").Critic Don D'Ammassa writes "Although this is billed as a novel it is actually a series of four novelettes set during Conan's tenure as king of Aquilonia....