Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestsellingauthor of The Demon Cycle, lovingly payshomage to the iconic fantasy heroine in atale that recaptures the tone of Robert E.Howard's barbarian epics. An encounterwith a devil leaves Red Sonja, the legendaryswordswoman, bereft of her signaturechainmail and fleeing murder charges,but a change of clothes and venue aren'tto escape the guilt in her heart.Penniless and under pursuit, she has nochoice but to accept a dangerousmercenary job: to search for the tomb ofan ancient warrior queen. But the spirit ofQueen Gheta lives on: a fierce andunnatural combatant who may be the onlycreature in history capable of defeatingSonja. Meanwhile, the demonic entityBhamothes wreaks havoc in her homelandof Hyrkania and only the forgiveness of amurdered boy can end its killing spree!