During Black Library day 2018, all customers of the Games Workshop stores received, in addition to the novella with short stories, this book containing the first chapters of the new young audience orientated novels.

And I finally finished it, the Age of Sigmar part was read to the pregnant belly of Noshi, the 40k one was finished a few evenings ago.


The book contains as I said the first chapters of two books.  The Age of Sigmar one, City of Lifestone by Tom Huddleston, was highly enjoyable to be honest and I can imagine a young girl escaping slavery and exploring the world.

The 40k one though... Attack of the Necron is something I don`t see happening with a bunch of kids, that old school Terminator would just splatter them in seconds.


But all in all, for a freebie it gave some joy to read, and maybe I`ll pick up the full version fantasy one in a clearance sale or something one day.

When the first season of Warhammer Underworlds, back then just known as Shadespire, was released on us, this companion novel came alongside it.

Written by Josh Reynolds, who already created a lot of Black Library stories, I recently picked it up... and teared through it.


The story tells the tale of the former human mercenary soldier Reynar, whom while scanvenging in the fallen city of Shadespire is sucked into one of it's glass portals.  This brings him in the reality of Shadespire, a city cursed by Nagash.
Caught between two Mortal Realms, the city constantly changes and time has a different meaning here.  Being in the grasp of the God of Death, one can neither die, nor truly find salvation, and the former lords of the city, the Katophranes, play games of war against each other to pass the eons.

Unwillingly caught in these machinations, Reynar looks for ways to both escape the city as well as to survive, all the while hunted by a mad Khorne reaver, Isengrim, who has had a vision that he needs to claim Reynar's skull for his fate...

A really captivating fantasy novel, it is also a fun thing that every warband of the first season makes an appearance.  Some, like the Stormcasts or the Sepulcheral Guard play rather big roles in the story, while others are just passer by's, but they are there none the less.

The only downside perhaps is the cover... and how it gives away much of the plot of the story...

The most recent book I've finished, is the second one from the Konrad trilogy, set in the Old World of Warhammer.

Now I just need to score the final volume to the conclusion of this nice story....

In a time of blood and darkness, the mutated hordes of Chaos rampage across the borders of the civilised world, sowing death and destruction in their wake.  Driven by the power of his own mysterious destiny, Konrad continues his fight against the evil forces that seek to destroy the Empire - but at what cost to his own soul?


In this second volume, Konrad leaves Kislev behind, forced to follow a band of Khorne worshippers in his hunt for the bronze warrior.  This leaves him in the care of a Middenheim wizard... and to face the vile Skaven, plotting to replace none other then the Emperor Karl-Franz himself.

Konrad is thrown into conflict with enemies old and new in the second part of this classic fantasy trilogy.  Originally published in the late 1980s, the Konrad novels continue to maintain their reputation as one of Games Workshop's most popular series.

Book 1 of the Konrad trilogy, this bookseries has reached a bit of a cultstatus amongst Black Library novels...

Originally published by Games Workshop in the late 1980s.

In a small village somewhere in the Empire, Konrad lives a bad life as an adopted son of the innkeeper.  His only friend is Elyssa, the daughter of the local nobleman.  But as they learn each other things over the years, they discover Konrad has the gift of foresight.

But then the village is burned to the ground, it's inhabitants slain, by vile Beastmen.  Konrad is the only survivor, and is soon taken on as a squire by a knight called Wolf.  For five years he pledges his alliance to Wolf, and together they travel to Kislev to fight Chaos and to find an ancient dwarven treasure...

A really good book that read as a knife through butter.

Part of the series 1 Novella line by Games Workshop's Black Library, this novel is set in the world of Necromunda, a teeming hive full of warring gangs.

While on the short side at 118 pages, it does make a good read, even though the end is a bit "as expected".



In the teeming hives of Necromunda, from the highest peaks to the lowest depths, life is a constant fight for survival.  When an ambush in the Underhive goes wrong, and a Guilder gets killed, an Escher gang suddenly find themselves outlawed.
Now the hunters have become the hunted, and everyone is after their blood - enforcers, bounty hunters, even other gangs.  With their leader dead, Jarene of the Wild Cats has to take control and save the lives of herself and her sisters in arms, as well as restoring the honour of their gang.
For the fateful ambush was no accident, and the true culprits need to face justice.

A swift read as it is written really well, this novel will be good company for a lazy evening next to your chempowered stove, enjoying your ratkebabs...