Review: Waiting Death (audio) - Steve Lyons

Title - Waiting Death

Author - Steve Lyons

Year - 2010

Stand Alone or Series - Stand Alone

Pages - 80m

Reading Time - April 2011

Review

This story is the second I read by Steve Lyons. The first was Death World and it was a great story, follow by Ice Guard another good story.

This one we follow a group of Catachans (not the same from the Death World) lead by Colonel Iron Hand Straken as they find a village amidst the battlefield world. These village is untouched by all the war outside and it's people live peacefully. After some problems they relax with the exception of the commander. At night they battle a horde of mutants as they are ambushed but these mutants are somewhat strange because it seems they don't want to kill the Catachans. After some initial skirmishes the Colonel leads the mutants to the villagers where they kill the peasents. After the battle the commander and the catachans start to realize that nothing was what it seem. The villagers were the mutants and the  mutants were Catachans. After a final battle between the Colonel and the main leader of the mutants he lays wounded on the battlefield telllings his memoirs and believing that his men are going to save him and we hear some men approaching him...

This was a nice tale but nothing grandeous. It was quick and interesting. I give 7.5/10.

Review: Dead in The Water(Audio) - Sandy Mitchell

Title - Dead in the Water

Author - Sandy Mitchell

Year - 2011

Stand Alone or Series - Ciaphas Cain VIII

Pages - 80m

Reading Time - May 2011

Review

This was my 6th story by Ciaphas Cain. First was For the Emperor, Caves of Ice, Traitor's Hand and Death and Glory. I read Duty Calls but I have yet to make a review. It's one of the most interesting characters out there.

This is yet another tale by Ciaphas Cain and my opinion of the books mantain. It's neither the best nor the worst book released by BL. I heard it twice  and still it doesn't gave anything new or interesting. I have heard four audiobooks from BL and this is the worst yet.

It starts like other books with a prologue or introduction by Amberly Vein and then the tale itself. Commissar Ciaphas Cain is a renowend hero of the imperium and at the same time one of the most cowards commissars in service. The tale begins with the introduction of the setting. A feral river world who needs to be pacified. Of course Ciaphas is on the back of the army and thinking he saw a way out he chooses yet he choose wrong. (Typicall on most books). What a bad decisor guy. The mission is that something is stirring on one of the many islands and he thinks it's easy way out of trouble... By his own words

The part when he travels in a boat is quite good (the sound of Jurgen vomiting and the sound of the boat give someting good) but the battle itself was not that good. There are some parts that make you think/smile (laught is a too strong feeling) like:

"If I had know what I was getting into I would grab my chainsaw and shout "FOR THE EMPEROR" to the nearest enemy fortification".

"Trusting on him on earth but He has more pressing work and he counts only on himself and that's why more pious man are dead and I am writing my memories"

The plot itself is one of the straightforwardest I have ever read on any warhammer or 40k world so nothing suspense there. The reading is quite good and for an non-english native I could understand easily enough. Usually this kind of audio dramas I read them twice (just in case). The voices are good and there is a difference from the older Ciaphas (who is telling the story) and the new ciaphas (who is in the tale) and for that a couple of points.

If you are a long time reader from Black Library and enjoy the warhammer 40k then it is good choice to hear but if you are new I must advice other audio dramas. Thunder from Fenris is a good start.

Unfortunally for me, I prefer books. These audiodramas are acceptable but usually I detest all this modern things. Computer books and such are completly forbidden in my computer. I won't reading it. 

Rating: 4/10

Book Review: Realm of Chaos - Warhammer Anthology

Title - Realm of Chaos

Author - Anthology (8 Writers)

Year - 2000

Stand Alone or Series - Anthology Fantasy (12 Stories)

Pages - 280 (Mass Paperback)

Reading Time - May 2011

Introduction

This was the first warhammer fantasy anthology that Black Library edited. Apart from Gav Thorpe, Jonathan Green, no other wrote any full lenght book. Jonathan Green is also gone from Black Library even if it has a short story in one of the latest 40k anthology featuring Black Templars.

Contents

Birth of Legend - Gav Thorpe

The Hounds of Winter - Jonathan Green (Review in The Dead and the Damned)

Hatred - Ben Chessell

Grunsonn's Marauders - Andy Jones

The Doorway Between - Rjurik Davidson

Mormacar's Lament - Chris Pramas

The Blessed Ones - Rani Kellock

Dark Heart - Jonathan Green (Review in The Dead and the Damned)

The Chaos Beneath - Mark Brendan

Paradise Lost - Andy Jones

Wolf in the Fold - Ben Chessell

The Faithful Servant - Gav Thorpe

Review

"Birth of a Legend" by Gav Thorpe is an good "first contact" kind of tale between Dwarves and Humans. 

A tale of how dwarves met the mighty Siggmar, only fifteen years old, and how he came to have his holy hammer Ghal Maraz or Skull Splitter given by King Kurgan. It's probably one of the best stories in this anthology. Several years later Graham McNeil wrote a trilogy depicting Sigmar that I have yet to read. 8/10

The Hounds of Winter - Jonathan Green  (Review in The Dead and the Damned) brings together spirits of legend on a spooky night at a remote inn. (Check the link above) 7/10

"Hatred" by Ben Chessel is about a sinister witch-hunter.It was nothing spectacular to it and I didn't enjoy. Okay so he turned. Now what? I really couldn't find this story midly interesting. 4/10

In "Grunsonn's Marauders" by Andy Jones, introduces us to his band of mercenary adventurers consisting of a Dwarf, an Elf, a Barbarian (Norcsa) and a normal human. Really?? And Elf and a Dwarf together? Right. They even care about each other... oh please... I thought this was going to be a Forgotten Realms story. Really. But it was not. It was not good. Somewhat funny but besides that nothing good. The plot is simple. They are task with retrieving a finger (yes a finger) from a place guarded by some powerful guardians. A twist in the end but nothing interesting. 4/10

The Doorway Between - Rjurik Davidson is tale was a good story. A witch hunter is tasked with something and another witch hunter appears to help him. It's a nice story but witch hunter are not mercenary... The battle with the champion of chaos was anti-climax. The end was good. Nothing spectacular. 5/10

Mormacar's Lament - Chris Pramas it was a nice tale. A high elf is capture by his dark brether Druchii and is improssioned in Hag Graef. There he plots to escape with a strange ally. A Norcsa raider. In the beginning they don't get along but after some trials the elf mourns for the norcsa as he sacrifice so the high elf can report to their kin that the dark elves are massing for attack. It's a nice tale but something was odd. How could the Norcsa see in the caves for several days? Very Strange. The end of the tale is very good. After dozen trials and battles he is killed by his own kin because he was dressed as a dark elf. Very nice! 7.5/10

The Blessed Ones - Rani Kellock brings us a tale about a robber who robs a painting for a unknown lord with strange malefic proprieties. Interesting tale. It gives "life" to it. 6/10

Dark Heart - Jonathan Green (Review in The Dead and the Damned)

The Chaos Beneath - Mark Brendan this tale deals with a witch hunter in the sewers of Marienburg and   the rituals of the chaos cultists. It's a good tale. 6/10

Paradise Lost - Andy Jones another tale that follows Grunsonn's Marauders. In these tale they are stranded on a island which have some lizardman folk that look at them as gods. They are not the clever lizardman from lustria but stranded as the Marauders. It's better tale that the previous but nothing that would be considered today. 6.5/10

Wolf in the Fold - Ben Chessell brings us some cool story about a deadly assassin feared in the Olde Worlde. As he lay dying he begs for rependence. He tells a tale of werewolves and strange love. Very good tale. 7.5/10

The Faithful Servant - Gav Thorpe probably the best story on this book. A Sigmar warrior priest is the last standing man on a battlefield. His majestic horse died on him and he is laying there waiting for rescue. But the rescue is a dark champion of Tzeentch that makes him a question about his faith. There we find more about both particpants as the champion tries to convert the priest saying that either he converts or he will kill every habitant from Kislev to Aldorft. The priest thinks that maybe he fool the champion saying that he say he is to be convert but in his heart still praise Sigmar. A bunch of hounds of Khorne are descending and the champion says to him that if he grabs something from a dark god maybe they would spare you and he lets his unholy black sword on the ground. It ends with us thinking that he grabed it but never confirmed it. I think what is more important to die praising a god or to live praising the opposite? 10/10

Conclusion
A solid anthology with good books. Nice addition to the warhammer world. But maybe buy the anthology Tales of the Old World that has much of this stories in it. 7.5/10

Book Review: Red Thirst - Anthology

Title - Red Thirst

Author - Anthology (6 Writers)

Year - 1990

Stand Alone or Series - Anthology Fantasy (6 Stories)

Pages - 226 (Mass Paperback)

Reading Time - April 2007

This was the third book released by Boxtree before being Black Library. Again the art is crude but good. Look at Gotrek. It doesn't look like an evil fearful looking dwarf but okay. It was the best they could do at the time.

Contents

Red Thirst - Jack Yeovil (Silver Nails) 

The Dark Beneath the World - William King (Trollslayer)

The Spells Below - Neil Jones 

The Light of Transfiguration - Brian Craig 

The Song - Steve Baxter  (Not Re-Released)

The Voyage South - Nicola Griffiths  (Not Re-Released)

Review

The first tale I didn't read it. The second is on Trollslayer and it's the centerpiece on this anthology. Like the previous books. In these tale they travel to the mountains and battle goblins and a troll. These tale we learn more about Gotrek and Felix and how Felix got his sword. Nice tale. 

The Spells Below by Neil Jones is a tale of a wizard, a young woman and a familiar. He being a wizard is considered a follower of chaos and she tries to make them see that he isn't. Another tale that could belong to Forgotten Realms.

 The Light of Transfiguration - Brian Craig  is a story about a nun and the temptation by some chaos relics. Quite dark and fully fit on the gothic world of warhammer. Again Craig gives the story something that reminds us of Poe. Nice tale about Shallya and how they work. Quite good. 

 The Song - Steve Baxter  (Not Re-Released)

Another Halfling detective of some kind and his work by a sinister elf. Nothing that will make you think twice. Despensable on these tale.

 The Voyage South - Nicola Griffiths  (Not Re-Released)

Nothing spectacular that after some years I don't remember a bit.

Book Review: Wolf Riders - Anthology

Title - Wolf Riders

Author - Anthology (7 Writers)

Year - 1989

Stand Alone or Series - Anthology Fantasy (8 Stories)

Pages - 236(Mass Paperback)

Reading Time - April 2007

This book was the second book edited by Boxtree a long time ago. Later was compiled with Red Thirst and Ignorant Armies) into The Laughter of the Dark Gods. Some stories were incorporated here , others belong to other books like Trollslayer and Silver nails and others were considered a breach in the current cannon and were dismissed. 

Contents

Wolf Riders - William King (Trollslayer)

The Tilean Rat - Sandy Mitchell 

The Phantom of Yremy - Brian Craig 

Cry of the Beast - Ralph T. Castle 

No Gold in the Grey Mounains - Jack Yeovil (Silver Nails)

The Hammer of the Stars - Pete Garratt   (Not Re-Released)

Pulg's Grand Carnival - Simon Ounsley  (Not Re-Released)

The Way of the Witchfinder - Brian Craig   (Not Re-Released)

Review

This book had several good stories but besides them it was not an excelent book. Of course Wolf Riders is the best story on this book. This is the second story where felix gets in love and this time they battle not the chaos cultists of the first story but a goblin army with a band of humans. 9.5/10

There are other interesting stories but nothing that my mind will forget in a couple of months/years. Tilean Rat a parody of the The Maltese Falcon and has an halfling detective. This story didn't bring anything new to the warhammer world. An halfling detective hired by an elven lady to capture a rat statue. Interesting. The Phanton of Yremy by Brian Craig is another of those tales which I will soon forget. At least it passes in Bretonnia (the same happened on the previous anthology with The Gardener of Pavarron). It kind of remind me of Poe's mysteries and remind me that I must read Poe. Cry of the Beast is a werewolf tale that didn't catch the gothic warhammer feeling. Then a Jack Yeovil tale that I will read later on. Then Hammer of Stars and Pulg''s Grand Carnival didn't impress me as well. The last one was The Way of Witchfinder by Craig and it's a tale of Law vs Chaos. It' set on.... Bretonnia (suprised you there didn't I?) and it's a tale about old Bretonnia when it was full of corruption and things like that. Since then Bretonnia changed to a place full of shinning knights and so on. It's a good tale and pretty small. 

Conclusion

If you love warhammer and want to read all stories then go for it. If you like warhammer but doesn't need to read all stories then skip these one. The Laughter of the Dark Gods has the best stories. (Along with Trollslayer and Silver Nails). The drawings are a nice touch and I am sorry that these new tales don't have them.

Review: Ignorant Armies - Anthology

Title - Ignorant Armies

Author - Anthology (7 Writers)

Year - 1989

Stand Alone or Series - Anthology Fantasy (8 Stories)

Pages - 252 (Mass Paperback)

Reading Time - April 2007

This book was the first edited by Boxtree a long time ago. Later was compiled with Red Thirst and Wolf Riders) into The Laughter of the Dark Gods. Some stories were incorporated here , others belong to other books like Trollslayer and Silver nails and others were considered a breach in the current cannon and were dismissed. 

The Laughter of the Dark Gods

The Laughter of the Dark Gods - William King 

The Reavers of the Dead (Charles Davidson)

The Phantom of Yremy (Brian Craig)

The Other (Nicola Griffiths)

The Song (Steve Baxter) 
Apprentice Luck (Sean Flynn)
The Light of Transfiguration (Brian Craig)
The Spells Below (Neil Jones)

Cry of the Beast (Ralph Castle)

A Gardener of Parravon (Brian Craig)

The Tilean Rat (Sandy Mitchell) 

But these books had more and I will review them independently .

Ignorant Armies (252 Pages)

   Geheimnisnacht - William King (Trollslayer)

 The Reaver and the Dead - Charles Davidson 

 The Other - Nicola Griffith 

 Apprentice Luck - Sean Flynn 

 A Gardener in Parravon - Brian Craig 

 The Star Boat - Steve Baxter 

 The Ignorant Armies - Jack Yeovil (Silver Nails)

 The Laughter of the Dark Gods - William King

Review

There are some differences from the older books from Baxtree and Black Library. First was a Timeline with some important characters on this book and events. Then there were plates and drawings from great artists like Adrian Smith, Martin McKenna, Bob Naismith, Dave Gallagher (some of them made similar drawings to the Fighting Fantasy. As you can see from the myriad number of authors on this anthology we have here some important writers like William King, Jack Yeovil (Kim Newman famous from books like Anno Dracula series or Back in USSA), the prolific Brian Craig (Brian Stableford author of Hooded Swan aka Grainger, Daedalus Mission, David Lydyard (Werewolves) or Emortality and other dozen books and hundreds short stories), Charles Davidson (Charles Stross author of Accelarando and Glasshouse), Sean Flynn (Paul McAuley, author of Four Hundred Bilion Stars), Nicola Griffith (a female writer and one of the few who ever wrote for BL) and the most famous Steve Baxter (Stephen Baxter author of Time Ships, Xelee Sequence, Nasa trilogy Destiny's Children, Flood and Ark or Anti-Ice)

 

Short Stories

Geheimnisnacht - William King (Trollslayer) (Review here rather weak review) The first tale  of the icon of Warhammer Fantasy Gotrek and Felix. Excelent! 9.5/10

The Reaver and the Dead - Charles Davidson In these tale we learn about how woman are seen in warhammer world. It's strange tale about two healers but nothing spectacular. Easily forgettable. 6/10

 The Other - Nicola Griffiths This tale follows two characters, apprentice healers, and it's a tale that gives some importance to women in the warhammer world. Not the usually tale because in the medieval time women didn't had much power but yet it was a nice tale. Nothing exceptional. Noawadays another tale that wouldn't go far. 6/10

 
Apprentice Luck - Sean Flynn In these tale it remind me of old Wizards of the Coast short stories campaign. A bored teenager stumbles on the reoad to become a mage. Magic Spells, Wizards, Dungeons and a treasure quest. A good tale 6.5/10

A Gardener in Parravon - Brian Craig was one of the most interesting tales on these three books. A bizarre garden, strange dreams of flying cratures, mystery and a strange boy who loves the garden. Quite nice tale. A typical Brian Craig short story. These tale is on Bretonia so it must be good. 7/10

The Star Boat - Steve Baxter  we follow Erik, the Were as he travels north with a Slann to find a boat. We learn about the Slann and where they came from. Tottally against the canon noawadays. Erik was nicely done but nothing spectacular. Nevertheless a nice story. 7/10

The Ignorant Armies - Jack Yeovil (Silver Nails) (Yet to read)

 The Laughter of the Dark Gods - William King it's the title for the compiliation of three anthologies so you know it must be good. And it is. William King is the... well... King (sorry the pun). Excelent story about a man's descent into the dark life of a chaos warrior. As he battle onwards towards the Gates on the Chaos Wastes he finds adverseries and friends and most important his changes. Nice story and to my humble opinion it should had more 250 pages. A full lenght novel would be great. I wonder if those C L Werner novels about the Chaos Gods are somewhat related to this one (in stytle). Excelent story. The best on this anthology and in my opinion the best from all the first three anthologies. 10/10



Conclusion

For the price of a used copy of this three anthologies unless you are a die hard fun like myslef you better stick yourself with The Laughter of the Dark Gods.

 

Book Review: Way of the Dead - Anthology

Title - Way of the Dead

Author - Anthology (11 Writers)

Year - 

Stand Alone or Series - Anthology Fantasy

Pages - 318 (Mass Paperback)

Reading Time - April 2011

Stories

Glow - Simon Spurrier 24

Head Hunting - Robin D Laws 22 (Angelika Fleischer story)
The Small Ones - C L Werner 38
Three Knights - Graham McNeil 22
The Road to Damnation - Brian Craig 54
Mark of the Beast - Jonathan Greene 24 (Torben Badenov story)
Jahama's Lesson - Matt Farrer 20
A Good Thief - Simon Jowett 36
What Price Vengeance - C L Werner 32 (Brunner story)

I always enjoy reading the antologies from Black Library.  There are several stories here thank link to other books from Black Library. First Head Hunting it's a Angelika Fleischer story (I have yet to read another tale with her), What Price Vengeance that links to Bounty Hunter Brunner trilogy (yet to read) and Mark of the Beast that links with the The Dead and the Damned book. List of warhammer short stories by BL that I read: 

Realms of Chaos (TBRead)

Lords of Valour 

The Laughter of Dark Gods (Compilation of three Pre-BL anthologies) Ignorant Armies, Red Thirst and Wolf Riders

Way of the dead

Swords of Empire

The Cold Hand of Betrayal

Tales of the Old World (Compilation of several anthologies) (TBRead)

Invasion (TbReview)

Death & Dishonour (Only five of the nine stories)

War Undending (Short stories from other anthologies)

Review

Glow - Simon Spurrier 24

This story is about the work of the Witch Hunter Karver who is trying to find a drug called the Glow that supposedly makes people happy but instead makes them crazy. This is one of the best stories I have read about a witch hunter. To be a witch hunter and to be gentleman (to some degree). It's quite good. This tale could have been a modern tale about a detective and it's men trying to find cocain on a city. There is even the capture of a small fish (criminal) to tell them the location of some hideout. They even released him saying that he is better on the street than imprisioned. This is typicall game of a detective nowadays. There is a twist in the end quite good. There is also a development of the witch hunter (if only in a small scale) but it's quite good. If this tale could have been a novella probably would even been better. Simon Spurrier is quite good writer and again he shows it. 8/10

Head Hunting - Robin D Laws 22 (Angelika Fleischer story)

This tale is about Angelika Fleischer and his companion Franziskus. There is a trilogy of books written by the same writer and I hope they are better than this short story than didn't give anything new. The work of Angelika is quite peculiar. After battles are fought she goes to the battleground and takes anything from the deceased. But she isn't without scrupolous. I mean for a girl who is something like a grave robber she has a kind of sense of honour. This tale begins as a man (Victor Schreber, phrenology) she encounters on a battlefield asks that she returns a head from a village to him. The tale and plot is simple. I enjoy the story but it didn't add anything new. Angelika on this tale don't grow and we learn nothing from her. If I didn't knew there is a trilogy of books outhere I would have said that this tale somewhat sucked. 5/10

The Small Ones - C L Werner 38
The small ones by Werner is an interesting piece of lovecraftian fiction. A band of children discovers a half man half pig almost dying and try to help him. This evil sorceror controls a young girl that leads all the children. As he gain strenght he tells them of tales about the True Sigmar and the Four Princes (chaos) and why the four princes are so despised on the empire. He tells them that it was all fabrication of Sigmar and it's priests. The best part of the story was the Knight of Morr. Excelent character and I wished more tales/book should depict them. The tale had a good twist in the end. The peasents of the village who try to help the knight against the sorceror lie to him, as he lie dying, in the end so he could rest in peace. Nice story, character and plot. One of the best stories on this anthology. 8/10

Three Knights - Graham McNeil 22

This was one of my favourite tales of the book. Three siblings brettonian knights are on a quest to cleanse a ancient castle from its undead occupants. The dialogues are what to expect from Brettonian nobles with their arrogants but at the same time looking down to the "helpless" peasents they must protect. The end of the tale is the best part of the tale and book. One of the knights who had been in several battles including in the north had battle a blood knight, who are famous to be excelent swordsman, and won it. In the end as they arrive at the castle one of the brothers is killed and as the two are surrounded by skeleton the master of the dragon knights appear and the veteran knight tells him it's true intend. He didn't want to kill them he desire to be one of them. Sacrificing his last brother he arrongantly expects to be one of them. The end we saw the blood knigths attack a village and he knight is not a knight but transformed into a mindless ghoul. The best of this tale. 9/10

The Road to Damnation - Brian Craig 54

This tale is the biggest of this anthology but no the best of the lot. The writing of this tale by Brian Craig (Stableford) don't differ much from other tales by him. It depicts an Estalian and a Arabian pirate and I like the characterization of both. This tale begins as they are chased by goblins and orcs on a quest to find a lost treasure. After some adversities they split and each follows a path. The ending is quite good and again Brian Craig makes another way of seeing chaos. Something he done great in Pawns of Chaos (40k). Interesting that some writers make the chaos gods simple and corrupt corrupt corrupt but this writer gives them some depth and manipulative. Brian Craig is one of the best writers depicting Chaos. No doubt about it. But as I said in the overall it was not the best tale of this book. 7.5/10

Mark of the Beast - Jonathan Greene 24 (Torben Badenov story)

This tale is set before The Dead and the Damned anthology. In this tale we learn how the Badenov band come to be as they are left for dead from their captain. The story itself it's straightforward. A small band of kislev hunt a herd of Beastman but even winning some of the men are capture. Badenov then tries to free them but the incompetent captain leaves them for dead. A cliché about a worthless noble captain. Good tale but not his best. 7/10

Jahama's Lesson - Matt Farrer 20

This tale is one of the first about the dark elf perpesctive and it was great. The Dark Elves in spring depart from their shores to capture more slaves. Some go to Ulthuan, others go more southern shores but mainly they go to the lands of the Empire and Bretonia. Jahamma is highly skilled assassin with a job to sneak into the a duke castle and end the lives of the knights before the attack of the dark elves. The narrative changes from Jahanna to the waiting elves. But as to expect every Dark Elf have their agendas and things don't go as expected from them. Quite good story about dark elves. Thank god Mike Lee appeared and gave them life as we know it.  8/10

A Good Thief - Simon Jowett 36

This tale is about a poet-thief than can't read. His poetic skills provides them jobs and the lacked of good breeding makes him run from the law. A Magister captures him and gives him a job. If he can do it then he would be free. The job: Capture the right thing for him. He departs to a village where a man rules supreme even changing the name of the village to his name. He starts enquire and reciting poems but the head of the village starts reading from a book and everyone gets enthralled. He then learns that that is the thing he must capture. After battling and wining the book he returns to the magister and gives him a book. The Magister sends the book the fire and thief is set free. But a thief is always a thief and the book he gave the magister is another book not the real one. His objective is to sell the book to other people since he can't read it. But the magister knows that a thief is always a thief and capture and makes him work for him again. This is an interesting yet simple tale. Sometimes our handicaps are our greatest strenght. If he had the means to read he would become enthralled as everyone else. What happend to this writer? 7.5/10.

What Price Vengeance - C L Werner 32 (Brunner story)

This is my first story by the Bounty hunter Brunner and I was impressed. For what I read this is possible one of the first short stories Werner wrote for Brunner. Again the eerie setting he gives him is his trademark. The story begins when a group of mercenaries kills the only son of a viscount of Chegney and kidnaps his only grandchild to ask for a ramson. The viscount learns that this mercenaries where to ones he cheated and this was only a act of revenge. The steward of the viscount then hires Brunner to retrieve the child. The battle itself in my opinion was rushed but the end compensate all of that. With a twist in the end he tells the viscount that his grandchild is dead but we learn that he gave him to someone to take care of him. Brunner is a coldhearted bount hunter that make him more likeble. Great Story 8.5/10

Conclusion

Apart from a couple of tales this was not my favourite anthology released by Black Library. Realm of Chaos is the next anthology to read and the last is Tales of the Old World.