sentences:  The present book is unique among Conan books - both the original Howard Canon and the various later additions - in featuring a direct intervention by the Cimmerian god Crom.While habitually using Crom's name as an expletive, Conan rarely prays or calls upon that god for help.As repeatedly stated by Conan, Crom is a reclusive god, who gives his Cimmerians the strength to fight and for the rest expects them to take care of themselves - and Conan feels fine with that.