Red Sonja: Consumed
Red Sonja: Consumed is the debut novel by Gail Simone, first published in 2024 by Orbit Books. The story follows the adventures of Marvel Comics/Dynamite Entertainment sword and sorcery heroine Red Sonja as she deals with a murderous supernatural entity emerging from the ground and pulling its unsuspecting victims to their deaths as well as the consequences of her dark past in Hyrkania.
Characters
- Red Sonja: "The She-Devil of Hyrkania"; 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.
Style
Red Sonja: Consumed is written in third person and follows the narratives of several different characters. Each chapter opens with excerpts from fictional documents, records, and poems.Development
Simone was hesitant to begin a full-length prose novel, but began with an idea for a short story, which became one of the novel's early chapters. After positive reactions from publishers, she developed an outline for the full story.In 2025, Simone announced she is working on a second novel in the series.