{"_id":"629ef7ea440c9c2318c41938","title":"The Isle of the Torturers","publish_year":1933,"rating":2,"author":"Clark Ashton Smith","code":"the-isle-of-the-torturers","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV21N03193303/page/n91/mode/2up","publish_source":"Weird Tales","publish_edition":"Vol. 21, No. 3","words":6166,"image":"ship.jpg","image_alt":"A wooden, five-masted sailing ship on the sea. Graphite filter","genres":["fantasy","gothic","adventure"],"content_warning":["Veiled Racial Commentary","Slavery Apologism"],"blurb":"For if once the plague had breathed upon Fulbra, he would bear its subtle contagion always in his flesh; and the contagion would assume its wonted virulence with the ring’s removal.","description":"A plague wipes out the kingdom of Yoros, leaving alive only the king who wears a magical ring that protects him. The king sets off on a voyage to find a new land in which to live.","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}