Queen Sonja, Volume 4

**Queen Sonja, Volume 4** is the fourth volume in Dynamite Entertainment's *Queen Sonja* comic series. The first issue in the volume was originally published in May 2011.

## Solicitation

Red Sonja is secure at last as queen of the tiny nation of Sogaria. Rebel princes, greedy emperors, fiendish intrigues she's bested them all. But a new danger is rising up from the depths of the Earth itself.

Thulsa Doom, Sonja's hated nemesis, has been rotting in the stygian darkness and nursing his enmity for the flame-haired queen since Sonja cast him down there many years ago. Set, Thulsa's evil god, calls out to him, promising him vengeance if Doom will free his god from an ancient prison. You can be sure Thulsa is up to the task, and when Set is free, all hell breaks loose in Sogaria. But what about the mysterious plans Set is hiding from Thulsa Doom? And what about Red Sonja? She's not giving up her kingdom without a fight!

## Issues

Issue #16
*Son of Set, Part 1: A Voice in the Dark*
May 2011Issue #17
*Son of Set, Part 2: Snakes of the Earth*
June 2011Issue #18
*Son of Set, Part 3: A Fistful of Rubble*
July 2011Issue #19
*Son of Set, Part 4: Hyborian Standoff*
August 2011Issue #20
*Son of Set, Part 5*
September 2011
## Plots

### Issue #16

Being a queen sucks. Sonja knows that very well by now, and she's getting tired of holding her kingdom together. But all her problems will seem like welcome distractions compared to what she's about to face. Doom's evil snake-god, Set, is bringing him back from the grave so Doom can have vengeance on Sonja. But Set has his own hidden agenda...

### Issue # 17

Thulsa Doom rises from the hellish depths to smash Sonja's palace. Normally Sonja would be up to the challenge, but in her weakened state she'll be lucky just to escape with all her limbs attached. Either way, Doom owes a heavy debt to his god Set for his new-found power. Set didn't revive Thulsa out of charity; it needs the undead sorcerer to carry out a horrific rite that can only be performed once every thousand years. The results of this dark ritual? Only Set knows the full truth...

### Issue # 18

Sonja's taken enough poison to kill a wooly Rhinoceros. But she's no wooly Rhino, she's Sonja! She awakens from her poison-induced coma into a very new reality: Thulsa Doom has destroyed her capital, and with the help of his evil god, Set, he is rounding up Sonja's subjects, for an unknown but surely extremely unpleasant purpose. Thulsa hires the very mercenary band whom Sonja fielded against the Emorans to hunt the refugee Queen down. Not all of the mercenaries are feeling good about their new assignment, but don't they have much say in the matter - Thulsa will kill them if they don't succeed!

### Issue # 19

Things are reaching a breaking point for Sonja and her one-time ally, the Cimmerian mercenary Ryakin. Meanwhile, Thulsa Doom continues working to free his dark god, Set, from his imprisonment. Set is hiding something from Thulsa, but not to worry – Thulsa is hiding something from Set, too! A desperate battle in the wilderness and an unexpected reversal of fortunes – and loyalties – awaits in the blood-and-guts packed penultimate issue of Son of Set.

### Issue # 20

Queen Sonja rides hard for her capital. She'll take it back from Thulsa Doom or die trying. Thulsa only needs to delay her long enough to perform the ritual that will free his evil god, Set, from his ancient prison. But Set is hiding a terrible secret from Thulsa, a secret that could mean the doom of all Hyboria. Comos-shattering revelations, bloody duels and a dark reckoning between Sonja and the darkest forces of the interstellar gulfs await in the final installment of the "Son of Set" story arc!

## Locations

* Hyboria
* Sogaria