Brian's Book Blog

Quite a dark fantasy in the Warhammer world, following the Emperor's Champion (Schwarzhelm) returning to his homeland to see a new Count elected.
Tons of battle scenes, all really well written, and some good movements between Schwarzhelm and the Emperor, and also between the people who work for him.

It gets quite claustrophobic in some places, the writing is brilliant in showing his frustration as forces conspire against him. The grand melee scene towards the end has quite a lot going on, and in places the same thing is told from different peoples perspectives.

Some (but not all) of the ending is a bit predictable, but overall a good story with well written characters.