{"_id":"640ee39a65d747c3276dec6d","title":"The Scarlet Citadel","author":"Robert E. Howard","code":"the-scarlet-citadel","words":15587,"publish_year":1933,"publish_source":"Weird Tales","publish_edition":"Vol. 21, No. 1","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v21n01_1933-01_LPM-URF-AT-SAS/page/n51/mode/2up","image":"sword.jpg","image_alt":"The hilt and bottom half of an iron sword. Graphite filter.","genres":["fantasy","adventure","horror"],"blurb":"“You sit on satin and guzzle wine the people sweat for, and talk of divine rights of sovereignty—bah! I climbed out of the abyss of naked barbarism to the throne and in that climb I spilt my blood as freely as I spilt that of others. If either of us has the right to rule men, by Crom, it is I!”","description":"Conan is betrayed by his ‘allies’. Including Strabonus, the King of Kogth; Almarus, King of Ophir; and the demonic necromancer, Tsotha-lanti.","content_warning":["Racist Stereotyping"],"rating":4,"series":"Conan the Barbarian","unique_cover":"A cloaked man thrusts his hands forward as a bird of prey flies away from him.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}