Nach einem heimtückischen Angriff durch Kreaturen eines mächtigen Hexenmeisters liegt die einst blühende Stadt Suthad in Schutt und Asche. Die Überlebenden unter ihnen die Rote Sonja und an ihrer Seite ihr Kampfgefährte Lord Olin, ziehen aus, um den Gegner zu stellen, doch dieser meidet den offenen Kampf und lichtet ihre Reihen durch Magie, Wahnsinn und Tod, bis es Sonja gelingt, das Geheimnis des Rings von Ikribu zu lüften.
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Die Hölle lacht. Roman 3
Ein tückisches Fieber befällt die Rote Sonja, und mit letzter Kraft erreicht sie ein Versteck in den Bergen. Dort trifft sie auf Prinz Omeron und sein Gefolge, die der grausame Magier Du-jum aus ihrem Lande vertrieb. Als Dank für erwiesene Hilfe und Genesung schließt sich Sonja den Truppen Omerons an, um die gepeinigten Bürger seines Reiches zu befreien. Die schauerlichen Kräfte Schwarzer Magie messen sich mit dem Geschick und der Klugheit der schönen Schwertkämpferin, und es kommt zu einem erbarmungslosen Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse. Doch noch ist Hoffnung, dass der Herrscher der Hölle sich in den Schlingen der eigenen Intrige verfängt...
"I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of dying in Coven House."It has stood outside a rural village in northwest Illinois for a century, a cursed farmhouse that seems as old as Time and as evil as icy Hell itself.Brought to life by a coven of flappers and fanatics, it has remained on earth as a haven for anyone who walks or crawls into it-fools, adventurers, lost souls all.Wealthy Curt Peterson disregards the stories surrounding Coven House as he seeks to communicate with his dead wife and daughter. He blames himself for their deaths and hopes that Coven House will allow him to be with them once more.With him are his new wife, Jill, a model, and her photographer, Eric Cullen, who is himself determined to document the ghosts and memories that still inhabit the old mansion.They will succeed.Coven House allows all who enter it to discover its secrets.Haunted horror in the tradition of Shirley Jackson and Richard Matheson."A compact, chillingly cerebral narrative. One of the scariest haunted houses ever."-Ken W. Faig, Jr.
Fascinating Tales from a Forgotten Era of Fantasy Fiction A resurrected sorcerer grants the wishes of the desperate men who have returned him to life-but in ways none of them anticipates. A prince makes a bargain with a barbarian criminal to travel into a lost world of violence and sorcery to save the life of a woman who may already be dead. Marauders who attack a city devoted to a great goddess suffer her strange curse when she answers the pleas of her dying priestess. The last survivors of an ancient continent confront evil at every step as they march beneath skies of endless darkness to reach the haven they hope will lead them to safety. These tales and a dozen more by fantasy and adventure author David C. Smith appear in this unique collection. Out of print for more than 40 years, these stories were first published in the days of limited-circulation fanzines-the only avenue for new work created by the generation of writers who grew up in the shadow of the pulp magazines. The paperback reprints of those pulp stories in the late 1960s and early 1970s encouraged an entire generation of young writers to enlarge on that tradition of popular American storytelling. Now they are in print once more for a new generation of fantasy fiction enthusiasts.
