Marvel superhero Red Sonja will be featured in her first novel in decades — all thanks to legendary comic book writer Gail Simone.
Simone, who is best known for crafting stories in comics about Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Birds of Prey and Red Sonja, will be giving superhero fans a new tale to delve into with her new novel titled Red Sonja: Consumed.
The novel will feature Red Sonja, the “iconic, fiery, she-devil with a sword” reimagined in a new “action-packed epic fantasy” that explores her origins while “giving her new depth and agency,” according to publisher Hachette Book Group.
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According to the book’s synopsis, Red Sonja is a “gutsy, wild, tortured free spirit, forged in pain yet unafraid of life or death” who “has never concerned herself with the consequences of her actions” until a series of events bring her back to her homeland Hyrkania.
She hears rumors “of unknown horrors emerging from the ground and pulling their unsuspecting victims to their deaths” and “a strange voice” that whispers in her sleep, making her realize that she “may have to return to the country that abandoned her” and “do the only thing that has ever scared her: confront her past.”
The news comes as a Red Sonja film is reportedly in production, which will likely pull inspiration from Simone’s run of the comics.
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The comic book author, who lives on the Oregon coast, has not only written stories for comics, but also has experience writing for film and television and video games as well. This will be her debut novel.
Red Sonja: Consumed will be released on November 19 in the U.S. and November 21 in the U.K. and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
