Conan will more than once remember the notoriety of the priests of the kings of the southern deserts and their bloodthirsty gods, when the Ruler of Sark wants to sacrifice an entire city to save his kingdom from drought. All rituals are performed, all spells are cast. Nothing can stop the God of the Desert from appearing on earth in all his might. But it is the Cimmerian, who, by the will of fate, finds himself in these parts on his way to the East, will have to fight to the death when the great Votanta, the immortal Tree of a Thousand Maws, wants to be satisfied with his victim...