James Gordon has reason to believe his bloodline carries a curse. After marrying the beautiful Evelyn Ash, he discovers that something moves through her against her will, as if another entity wears her body like a borrowed skin. Strange assaults escalate. Gordon begins to suspect his wife is either mad or something far worse, until he reconnects with his old friend John Kirowan, who recognizes the signs of ancient dark magic at work. Their investigation leads to Joseph Roelocke, a sinister figure who wields a ring of terrible power: once belonging to Thoth-Amon, the great sorcerer of the Hyborian Age, it now binds Evelyn's soul through centuries of reincarnation and murder. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, brings his characteristic muscular prose to this Lovecraftian nightmare, proving that cosmic horror need not look to the stars when the weight of history itself can strangle the present.
