Rogues in the House starts with a threat Nabonidus, the red priest and ruler of the city, makes to the young aristorcrat Murilo, which hints that Murilo should take voluntary exile.
Murilo suspects the red priest of having too much power and wishes to get rid of Nabonidus to save his own skin. Conan, the Cimmerian barbarian, agrees to help Murilo to kill Nabonidus in return for being set free after being imprisoned. But Murilo has another reason to take care of Nabonidus quickly: he fears the red priest has learned of his agreement with Conan through the guards.
If Murilo and Conan unite, they may discover Nabonidus has problems of his own, with a pre-evolved human.
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