Brian Craig (1)

The first time I read this, many years ago, I didn't get much from it. I suspect I blitzed it in one go during a period of insomnia, and so didn't absorb any of it at all. In fact it is a dark and brooding fantasy that feels hopeless. A hero who doesn't feel like a hero, doesn't want to be a hero, but is forced by his values of humanity and loyalty to strive to defeat an evil that terrifies him. It is a bleak fantasy, very close to horror, but is well written and well characterised. I often show more prefer the older Warhammer fiction with its emphasis on common humanity rather than bombastic heroes, and this is a fine example. show less

Here we have Science Fiction author Brian Stableford writing Warhammer fantasy under a pseudonym.

Stableford completed 3 other Warhammer novels and a number of short stories writing as 'Brian Craig'.

This is a pretty well put together novel, pushing all the right buttons, although the pacing could do with being a little quicker.

A more intelligent entry in the series than many have been. 3.75 Stars.

This is a weird one that doesn't really fit into later Warhammer but still works as a kind of wyrd warhammer. Celtish meets Slaaneshish. This must be the third or fourth time I've read this book but I still couldn't remember what happens. Make of that what you will.

El arma salió disparada de la mano de Reinmar, cuyos pies perdieron contacto con el suelo; en ese momento sólo tuvo tiempo para pensar que al aterrizar de espaldas quedaría indefenso ante el ataque de una daga o de unos dientes, y que sería aún peor si se golpeaba la cabeza y perdía el conocimiento. Cuando el hombre bestia saltó, un brazo de Sigurd trazó precipitadamente un enorme arco horizontal, con la mano extendida. ɉsta impactó contra el cuello del hombre bestia y Reinmar show more escuchó el chasquido de la columna de la criatura al partirse. Todo acabó de repente. No obstante no era una victoria, pues ahora no cabía duda de que había monstruos sueltos por las colinas.

En las profundidades del umbroso pie de las Montañas Grises, un joven e inocente comerciante descubre un oscuro y mortal complot. Una misteriosa desconocida conduce al joven Reinmar Weiland a un lugar donde tropieza con los secretos del mundo subterráneo oculto debajo de los mismísimos cimientos del desprevenido imperio, y se entera de arcanos conocimientos relacionados con un elixir legendario: el vino de los sueños. show less