The Devil in Iron

"The Devil in Iron" by Robert E. Howard is a sword and sorcery story first published in August 1934. When a greedy fisherman accidentally awakens an ancient demon named Khosatral Khel on a remote island, a cyclopean fortress rises from the ruins. Meanwhile, Conan the Cimmerian is lured into a trap on the same island by an evil Turanian governor. Conan must battle mercenaries, giant serpents, and the iron-fleshed demon himself in this tale of resurrection and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.)