Red Sonja: Consumed is a fantasy adventure novel by Gail Simone, which was published in 2024 by Orbit Books.
Red Sonja, the iconic, fiery, she-devil with a sword, is reinvented for a new generation of readers in this action-packed epic fantasy.
Synopsis[]
The gutsy, wild, tortured free spirit, forged in pain yet unafraid of life or death, Red Sonja, the famous, fiery She-Devil and barbarian of Hyrkania has never concerned herself with the consequences of her actions. She’s taken what she wanted, from treasure to drink to the companionship of bedfellows. She’s fought who deserved it (and sometimes those who didn’t). And she’s never looked back.
But when rumors start bubbling up from her homeland—rumors of unknown horrors emerging from the ground and pulling their unsuspecting victims to their deaths—and a strange voice begins whispering to her in her sleep, she realizes she may have to return to the country that abandoned her. And finally do the only thing that has ever scared her: confront her past.[1]
Characters[]
- Red Sonja - a warrior-for-hire who is the last surviving member of her village after a tribal massacre.
- Queen Ysidra - Sonja's former betrothed, from whom Sonja steals a valuable asp-shaped circlet.
- Sylus Temptree - An assassin working for the Falcon, the criminal who commissioned Sonja to steal the circlet.
Development[]
A second novel is in the works by Gail Simone.[2]