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The sons and daughters of the storm know they cannot fail. For now is the time where the fate of a world will be decided. Where Gods and mortals must rise and fight, or face their final damnation. Inside you will find showcases of Citadel Miniatures, epic stories, and detailed maps of the Mortal Realms, as well as rules that bring your Warhammer Age of Sigmar battles to life on the tabletop. When three separate adventurers are hired to investigate the recent sealing of Thelgrim, the great Dunwarr dwarf city, all three have misgivings.

As the three head to Thelgrim by secret path, none of them know what awaits them. Terrinoth is in upheaval: new threats are rising, and this one comes from the dark. Book 52 of the much loved and hugely popular Horus Heresy series. The Warmaster Horus has triumphed. His massive fleet at last nears Terra and the patriarchal Throne of his hated father.

Many have fallen to bring this moment about, their tales are the ashes upon which the Heresy was born and prospered. Others have played their own small parts, drops in an ocean of war and blood. None of it matters. Terra looks to the skies as it raises its defences. Armies muster, heroes raise their swords, citizens cower. The war is coming. And nothing can stop it. But over ten thousand years, even the most staunchly loyal warriors of the Imperium can fall from grace, and the Dark Angels guard their own murky secrets most carefully - only Supreme Grand Master Azrael knows them all.

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More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Sigmar's Blood. Mar 26, David Ledeboer rated it liked it. Sigmar's Blood is one interesting little novella that incorporates much of what makes Warhammer Fantasy such an excellent universe, but at times the read can be a tad jumpy and overfilled with characters.

Mannfred Von Carstein is hell-bent on reclaiming the land of Sylvania and a crusade comprised of only the most devout followers of their various religions has a chance of stemming this evil.

At the forefront of the crusade is Grand Theogonist Volkmar, who at times seems to have the ability to s Sigmar's Blood is one interesting little novella that incorporates much of what makes Warhammer Fantasy such an excellent universe, but at times the read can be a tad jumpy and overfilled with characters. At the forefront of the crusade is Grand Theogonist Volkmar, who at times seems to have the ability to shoot out bolts of pure faith in order to banish the undead or heal the wounded.

Volkmar was a strong character, but my favorite was the battle entrenched witch hunter, Von Korden. Von Korden barely slows or takes a rest in his pursuit to destroy one of Carstein's allies, a Necromancer named Ghorst.

We find out later that Von Korden is so driven because he is seeking retribution for the murder of his family. The opening description of the Necromancer Ghorst is especially noteworthy and I think it really exemplifies Phil Kelly's imaginative writing ability which is the strength throughout the novel focused on the gory details of battle and the undead. Ghorst is literally dragged in on a rotting bone carriage, pulled stuttering across the lands by hitched-up undead.

Inside the carriage are mounds of putrefied and still squirming corpses, all the while Ghorst is singing a song and a bell on the carriage is tolling out. Next is Jovi Sunscryer a powerful wizard of the Light Order and his two acolytes. Wait what, more characters? Yes, more characters, there are tons more characters in this novella of only one-hundred and twenty some odd pages.

The funny thing is the number of men from these accompaniments only total around a hundred and ten or so and I think we are introduced to about half of them.

The other disorienting bit in Sigmar's Blood for me is the battle locations. We are continually jumping from one ruined site to another in some semi-epic confrontation with the undead but I'm never really sure how anyone ended up there. Despite these small annoyances, Sigmar's Blood is actually a real treat to read.

Beautifully graphic descriptions of decay, death, and gore. A solid, fast paced read from one scene to the next, if a bit jumpy. Then the ending, another Black Library story that leaves so damn many strings left either uncut or that simply fall out of the readers hands into the lands of imagination.

Sigmar's Blood is most definitely worth the read if you can stomach a few minor faults. Dec 25, Paulo "paper books always" Carvalho rated it really liked it Shelves: black-library , novella-short-story , warhammer-fantasy. Well this was an interesting reading. I don't know why but I last year was the year I read less Black Library books. I love the setting, so I really don't know. Maybe this year will change. But as I said, it was not planned my away but things will change.

I read Dreadfleet in by the same author and I really enjoyed it. A novel in the se Well this was an interesting reading. A novel in the seas, which is not the usual; the only one I can remember features sea battles was Fell Cargo by Dan Abnett in a time that Pirates of Carabean was in spotlights.

In this novel we follow several characters, each chapter a different one, that converge in the finale. This book reads as a tabletop game, and that's where it fails.

You've got Manfredd who has proclaimed himself ruler of Sylvania and the Emperor instead of sending some troops sends Volkmar, a bunch of zealots, state troopers, Knights of Blazing Sun, Reiskguard, three Gryphs, some musketeers and two artilery pieces.

One Hundred guys to destroy one of the most powerful Vampire? Hard to assimilate. But as game rules each army Manfredd sent never had more than hundred skeletons, bats and the such.

So, as you read this line, I say yes. Open a box of the Empire and the Vampire Counts and battle. It's the same. Well, at least until the end it was not so good.

Returning to the Hanging Valleys of Anvrok, Thostos Bladestorm is much changed, but he also carries a weighty truth He has found Ghal Maraz, the great hammer of Sigmar itself. Reunited with Vandus Hammerhand, these two heroes and their warriors must conquer the Eldritch Fortress of Tzeentch if they are to retrieve this mighty artefact.

Once a noble warrior whose zeal was tempered by compassion, now he is cold and unforgiving, hungry only for battle. But there is little time for his fellow Stormcast Eternals to come to terms with his transformation, as the Bladestorm and Argellonites Warrior Chambers are sent by Sigmar to the Realm of Beasts to capture a vital realmgate.

All wonder how Thostos will react to these perils — will they see once again that great and righteous leader, or is he lost to them forever? The once noble tribes of Ursungorod in Ghur have almost entirely fallen to Chaos, and an infestation of Clans Pestilens skaven has amassed in the caverns beneath the snowy tundra. There, Poxmaster Felk is on the brink of opening a vital realmgate — but Sigmar intends to seize this portal for himself. But first he must vanquish the ghosts of his past and overcome his own conflicted nature, in order to unleash the beast within.

Though the outer defences have fallen, the walls of the Palace itself remain inviolate as Rogal Dorn, the Praetorian of Terra himself, uses every known stratagem and ploy to keep Horus's vast armies at bay.

In Perturabo, the Traitor siegebreaker, Dorn faces an adversary worthy of his skill. A terrible, grinding attrition ensues. The crucial battle for the Lion's Gate spaceport is at the heart of this conflict. With it in their possession, the Traitors can land their most devastating weapons on Terran soil.