Red Nails

"Red Nails" is the last in the cycle of stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. In this book, Conan enters a lost city whose degenerate inhabitants are entangled in a murderous blood feud. Due to its dark themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore while also cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.