Critic Don D'Ammassa writes "I'd bet a lot of money that this Conan adventure was largely written by Lin Carter. It reflects his style and preoccupations a great deal more than it does those of de Camp, and it lacks the latter's light touch with the prose. ... Reasonably good plot but substandard writing."D'Ammassa, Don. "Conan the Buccaneer" (review on Critical Mass). Sep. 4, 2017.
