Book Review: Maledictions (Anthology) 2019 Black Library

I don't know if I will make a full length review but I must tell you that there were good stories and some that were not that good. One of two were pretty out there that could be easily be printed in another universe.

Per example C L Werner story I really couldn't connect to the Sigmar universe. IT could be easily set in his own Japanese universe (he has some stories in it). The mention of nagash by the end tied it but...

The Nothings I Thought the story was set in the sigmar universe then it made a twist and it was set in the 40K. And it was pretty good by the end.

Nepenthe was a good story -not particularly scary but good nevertheless.

Predation Eagle could have been so good if it had a hundred pages. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time to get to know the characters.

The Last Ascension of Dominic Seroff was another good 40K story and as the previously could have been even better with more 30 or 40 pages.

Triggers was okay.

The Marauder's Lives was probably the most horroresque of them all.

The widow tide was not that good - we all know racism is bad.

Overall a nice collection of stories. Didn't thought they were that scary or horror but nevertheless they were good. Looking forward to read more horror from Black Library.

Next read will be probably The Wicked and the Damned. Hope it's better after all there are only three stories so 100 pages to truly envelop us.

@Black Library there were some themes there like racism (particulary in The Widows Tide) and such. Please don't follow the SJW and PC tread. You've always tackle some social issues like masters but not shoving down our throats. Nobody likes that.

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