Know also, 'O prince, that in the self-same days that the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior-woman out of majestic Hyrkania. Forced to flee her homeland because she spurned the advances of a king and slew him instead, she rode west across the Turanian Steppes and into the shadows mists of legendary."" — The Nemedian Chronicles. This eighth volume in the epic saga of Red Sonja by writer Brian Reed and artist Walter Geovanni features a complete cover gallery.