If there is one thing to be said from all this is that I hate the recent Games Workshop policy when it comes to the books now. Seems that not only have they stopped bookshops from selling them, but the big release ones seem to have limited physical releases, meaning in order to read them after the first wave you need to pay for the digital versions. A real pain in the arse when all I have is an iPod touch, screens to small and it get's really annoying to hold in a comfortable position when reading. Anyway...
The story is this, it's about the events that lead to the return of Nagash. If like me you were expecting for story beyond that then too bad, this book leads up to Nagash coming back and that's about it. The story itself is not bad, though it does rush through parts that (upon reflection), made the ending feel a little disappointing. It also didn't help with character stupidity. At one point in the book, some of the vampires realise that bringing Nagash back is a bad idea. One of them even has the opportunity to stop in by killing one of the sacrifices, but will only do it if they beg, which they refuse to do and so she leaves. Seriously? You make such a big deal of how bad it would be if Nagash returns and say how you'll do anything to stop it, and yet you don't just because a few prisoners who hate vampires refuse to beg. It's this shear genious of these characters which make you wonder just how they were are threat to the Warhammer world to begin with. There's also the stupidity of the Elves and Humans, but I could go on for hours about that too (thank goodness for the Dwarfs).
I know that it seems that I'm picking on the book, but while I did enjoy it, it was the stupidity of the characters (and the Chaos Gods too) along with the rather 'we have a short ending, quick throw in an obvious plot twist that fails' that annoyed me. Oh, and the end bit they throw in, yeah spoilers, it's Vlad returning. Nagash brought back Vlad.....why? Seriously, according to the story, it was Vlad who tought Mannfred at how bad Nagash, so why would Nagash have any reason to bring him back. Hell, as far as all the stories I've read, the two have never met and have no love of each other, so why waste time and effort in doing so.
Ok, so perhaps the book wasn't as good as I first thought. Certainly through typing this article I keep coming up with various flaws the book has. I still enjoyed the read, but if you just want a recap on events around the world that where happening at the time, you could just download the sample which does contain all that in it's Prologue. Atleast the digital download version is only $20 compared to the hardcopy which is $45.
Also, those pathetic flea-fools of Clan Mordkin failed to stop dead-things from taking sacred Fellblade. Dead-thing experts my tail. Suich weakness is an unacceptable and that showed all to well when stupid-dumb Warlord Feskit was beaten so quick-fast by cursed Mannfred. The Horned Rat will be most displeased.
~Grey Seer Skratchnsniff
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