Solomon Kane

captain solomon kane is a brutally efficient 16th century killing machine armed with his signature pistols cutlass and rapier he and his men unleash their bloodlust as they fight for england in war after war on all continents as the story opens kane and his band of pillagers are carving a bloody path through hordes of defenders in an exotic city in northern africa but when kane decides to attack a mysterious nearby castle to plunder its rumored riches his mission takes a fateful turn one by one kane s men are picked off by demonic creatures until he alone is left to face the devil s own reaper dispatched from the depths of hell to lay claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul though kane at last manages to escape he knows that he now must redeem himself by renouncing violence and devoting himself wholly to a life of peace and purity