The king's sister Helen was kidnapped. To find her, the king, on the advice of his minstrel, decides to hire a brave team of Vikings... Agnes de Chatillon - also known as Dark Agnes de la Fer - the daughter of the illegitimate son of the Duke de Chatillon, one day leaves her father's house and goes in search of adventure. She meets her friend Etienne . They hear the sound of hooves and think that it is the hated Renaud de Valence. Agnes shoots at the rider, but hits the horse. But the rider turns out to be not de Valence, but the courtesan Françoise de Foix. She asks her friends to help her... These and other adventure stories and stories were included in the collection of the classic of American literature Robert E. Howard (1906–1936).