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4/5 AbeBooks Cover artist Frank Frazetta Language English Publication date 1971 Originally published 1971 Followed by Conan the Warrior | 4/5 Goodreads 4/5 Thriftbooks Country United States Series Conan the Barbarian Media type Print (Paperback) Preceded by Conan the Adventurer Publisher Lancer Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Fantasy, Sword and sorcery, Speculative fiction Similar L Sprague de Camp books, Conan Universe books, Sword and sorcery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.