On the run from the army of Turan, Conan and fellow fugitive Olivia hide out on a small island in the Vilayet Sea. They soon find themselves stalked by an unseen terror in the jungles and threatened by a group of pirates belonging to the Red Brotherhood, which is led by Conan's sworn enemy-Sergius of Koth! However, those may be the least of Conan's concerns, because when the moon rises on this island, the ruins of a lost civilization stir and an ancient, deadly curse awakens! Conan will be pushed to his limits as he and Olivia fight to survive!<br><br>* Collects <i>Conan the Cimmerian</i> issues #22-#25, plus the <i>Weight of the Crown</i> one-shot with its <i>MySpace Dark Horse Presents</i> short-story prologue.<br><br>* This collection completes the epic Dark Horse series <i>Conan the Cimmerian</i>.<br><br>* Features a foreword by series writer Timothy Truman and an afterword by Robert E. Howard biographer and genre writer Mark Finn!