 Mixed up in his adventure are Princess Chabela, daughter of a dying Zingaran king, the privateer Zarono, and the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon.Chronologically, "Conan the Buccaneer" falls between "The Pool of the Black One" in "Conan the Adventurer" and "Red Nails" in "Conan the Warrior".However, the present book ends with Conan as a successful captain, high in the favor of the royal family of Zingara, while "Red Nails" starts with him as a fugitive mercenary in the jungles south of Stygia.