Conan the Buccaneer

For the Dungeons & Dragons module of the same name, see Conan the Buccaneer (module).
Conan the Buccaneer

Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, Lancer Books, 1971
Author L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
Cover artist Frank Frazetta
Country United States
Language English
Series Conan the Barbarian
Genre Sword and sorcery Fantasy novel
Publisher Lancer Books
Publication date
1971
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 191 pp

Conan the Buccaneer is a 1971 fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books, and has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers. It has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch. It was later gathered together with Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Wanderer into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).

Plot summary

Conan, now in his late thirties and captain of the Wastrel, becomes embroiled in the politics of the kingdom of Zingara when he seeks the rumored treasure on the Nameless Isle. The fugitive Princess Chabela, the privateer Zarono, and the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon are among those mixed up in the treasure quest.

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. How Conan lost his ship, left the sea and took up again the role of mercenary is untold.

References

Preceded by
Conan the Adventurer
Lancer/Ace Conan series
(chronological order)
Succeeded by
Conan the Warrior
Preceded by
"The Pool of the Black One"
Complete Conan Saga
(William Galen Gray chronology)
Succeeded by
"Red Nails"


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