Witch Shall Be Born

In the kingdom of Khauran, a young queen rules with wisdom and beauty, until her identical twin sister, a blood-drinking witch, steals her throne in the dead of night. The false queen introduces devil worship and human sacrifice to the land, while Conan, captain of the royal guard, is captured and left to die on a cross in the desert sun. But the Cimmerian is not so easily killed. Breaking free from his bonds, Conan returns to Khauran with hellfire in his eyes and steel in his hand, leading a desperate rebellion against the witch-queen and the supernatural forces that serve her. What follows is a cascade of intrigue, battle, demon-summonings, and brutal retribution, Howard firing on all cylinders in a tale that never lets up. The witch Salome stands as one of Howard's most memorably malignant villains, beautiful and utterly without mercy. For readers who want their sword-and-sorcery loud, bloody, and unapologetic.