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As his soul re-enters him, Conan sees the Duke for who he really is. The disguise is revealed when the Queen breaks the mirror containing Conan's soul. Unknown to Conan, Ialamis, and Khashtris, the Queen's new paramour, Sergianus, is actually a disguised Sabaninus, the elderly Duke of Korveka, a Kothian province that wishes to annex Khauran. Conan's soul can only be freed by someone of noble birth, and Khashtris convinces Conan that her sister, Queen Ialamis, will free him. After saving Lady Khashtris from an attack by Shadizar's thieves and traitorous servants, Conan agrees to work as her bodyguard in return for his soul being freed from the mirror it has been trapped in since his encounter with Hissar Zul. Plot Ī young Conan finds himself involved in a plot against the throne of Khauran. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in July 1989. Ace reprinted the novel in April 1983, and issued a trade paperback edition in 1985. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in 1980, with an official publication date of January 1981. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the second volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and concluding with The Sword of Skelos. Offutt and illustrated by Esteban Maroto featuring Robert E. Conan the Mercenary is a fantasy novel written by American writer Andrew J.