Conan the Buccaneer

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Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, Lancer Books, 1971

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 and Dutch. It was later gathered together with Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Wanderer into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).

[edit] Plot

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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 evil Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon are among those mixed up in the treasure quest.

Chronologically, Conan the Buccaneer falls between Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Warrior.