![]() ‘Born of blood’ is her other entry and functions as a prequel of sorts to her Valkia The Bloody novel. Sarah Cawkwell unsurprisingly is featured and I actually enjoyed ‘The Pact’ as the Silver skulls form an unlikely alliance defending against a common enemy, its utterly predictable but well written and better than most of her other stories. Scooby and Scrappy doo Space Wolves are not needed but I am perhaps being a little harsh on Mark Claphams effort which is by no means the worst thing on display here and is actually quite enjoyable. The Space Wolves are also featured in the story ‘In Hrondirs Tomb’ which again reads more like a murder mystery than anything else. That said its not a bad tale and Kyme does the Space Puppies quite well as they hunt down one of their own turned Wulfen. Id not read/heard it before and hadn’t realised what an obvious advert for the Thunderwolves (released at the same time) it was. ‘The Lion’ is a decent story and solid work from Gav Thorpe who I would quite happily see take over the reins of the 1st Legion full time.Īlso a reproduction if not a reprint is ‘Thunder from Fenris’, a Nick Kyme audiobook originally. (and yes I am including the Dark Angels books in that) Still it could be worse, had ‘Feat of Iron’ been the story used in The best of Hammer and Bolter vol 2 then my score probably would have been reduced by a further whole point. It would appear that it appeared in Hammer and Bolter first THEN was reprinted in the Primarchs, cheapening even further the value of what I consider to be the worst Heresy book thus far. Talking of reprints, they abound here, (and these are just the ones I know of for sure), ‘The Lion’, the best part of the Primarchs Horus Heresy book is reprinted here in three parts, now this I find doubly annoying. Graham McNeill adds some effortless class to proceedings with a Sigmar 2 parter ‘Let the Great Axe Fall’ elsewhere there is a reprint of his ‘Iron without’ from the Iron Warriors Omnibus ![]() Unfortunately his other effort is a largely forgettable Scylla Anfingrim story that is one of the poorer tales in the book. I also really liked ‘Leechlord’ by Frank Cavallo, a great Festus story that paces itself well and doesn’t overreach itself. (IE actually dealing with major engagements in the Space Marines history and not just being a dumping ground for any old Astartes story.) Goulding also gives us ‘Shadow of the Beast’ an excellent precursor to what I hope will be a full book about the Emperors Scythes ruin at the hands of the Hive Fleet Kraken and what I would consider a return to form for the Space Marine Battles series. I greatly look forward to further exploits of Dubnitz and Goodweather.Īnother great contributor is Laurie Goulding, who offers up an enjoyable Gotrek and Felix murder mystery thriller, ‘The Oberwald Ripper’ the best by far of Gotrek and Felix stories here, David Guymers effort, 'The Tilean Talisman' in particular faring quite badly. Be it opening tale ‘Dead Calm’, the Fimir laden ‘Lords of the Marsh’ or the absolutely hilarious comedic irreverence of ‘Dead Mans Party’, (probably my top pick of his offerings). It may seem a little fantastical at times but I found it entertaining in a very old school way and enjoyed them immensely. He’s got his settings down, has created well rounded characters and writes compelling action that flows smoothly. One of the highlights in this book for me were Josh Reynoldses Marienburg set Warhammer tales. Still, that means this time I get more time to speak about the stories themselves so, (in no particular order) here we go. So no more nostalgic ramblings from me as it would be somewhat redundant seeing as BL have swiftly killed this format. ![]() ![]() Right, last time I spoke at length about how much I liked Hammer and Bolter and it reminded me of the good old days of Inferno so im a bit gutted to discover that this is in fact the last volume.
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