This is the story of how the great barbarian, Konan, continued on his journey to the east, taking the road to Persepolis, the city of Xerxes, King of Persia, taking with him a sacred trust. And of how he met a young man from the country, Kasra, who had almost lost his life because of his youth and naivete. And of how Konan saved Kasra and took him as his lover, and was reunited with an old friend, as a result of which Kasra discovered the complications of love. But for the barbarian the journey ends not only in carrying out the sacred duty he has been given, but in a challenge, and he must match wits with a giant Persian, an immortal, a man who is also a legend among the men of his time."