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Endithor's Daughter (Red Sonja, Book 4)

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In the fourth volume in the adventures of Red Sonja, our heroine must deal with a gang of street urchins, an insane sorceress (Endithor's daughter), political inintrigue, and a vampire. Needless to say, the action is fast and furious.In the end the wicked are punished, and the virtuous live happily ever after. Actually, only the virtuous who are still alive at the end get to live happily ever after, but why quibble? All in all an exciting addition to the Red Sonja canon. As with all books in the series, the cover art is provided by Boris, and in my humble opinion, this is his best cover for the series

A new method for speed learning. Have your father executed and tortured, at length, in public, before your eyes. That way, in the matter of a few days you can become a powerful witch, with some studying and the help of his collection of arcane texts. Oh, and bump off an old neighborhood witch, and nick some stuff of hers. This is what Endithor's daughter did.

Anyway, the main villain of the piece is an ancient vampire, who is been manipulating a particularly venal local lord. Who happened to then suggest the whole sorcery lark to Endithor, and then busted and executed him for it. Needless to say, in the middle of Endithor's daughter, Sonja, and a vampire, his longevity was negatively assured.

Sonja bails up the vampire at the end in a stone room, with the help of some guards with iron spears, and basically has him pinned against a wall the whole night, until the sun comes up and does what it usually does to 'dem bloodsuckers.