Conan The Magnificent by Robert Jordan

A lean, action-driven sword-and-sorcery tale in which a wandering barbarian is drawn into a deadly web of intrigue after taking on a dangerous escort job; confronting rival mercenaries, cunning thieves, and a malevolent sorcerer bent on seizing a cache of powerful artifacts, he must use brutal strength, battlefield skill, and rough honor to expose betrayal, rescue those in peril, and stop a supernatural conspiracy that threatens a fragile borderland.