I first encountered Red Sonja in the pages of The Savage Sword of Conan and she made an excellent challenge for the mighty Cimmerian.
This book contains one story in 5 installments in which Sonja travels the wastelands in search of a mytical bloodruby, she encounter cannibals and a possible future king in the form of Prince and his beloved wife.
With any jewel comes a scepter when the two meet there is generally some great power and the hands that yield such power are not always trusted.
A fairly decent and straight forward sword & sorcery tale not unlike many of Conans' tales in which the warrior has to survive magic and monsters.
The art however is a letdown to square in drawing the various characters, mostly does not do Sonja any favors.