Swords of the Empire

by Marc Gascoigne

An anthology of short fiction, including an all-new Storm of Chaos novella from Dan Abnett, captures an imperiled Warhammer world, menaced on all sides by the dark armies of the Undead and the fierce... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844160882
• ISBN13: 9781844160884
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Games Workshop(uk)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Collection of Short Stories ** Gordon Rennie is an Excellent writer

In the grim world of Warhammer, the bloodthirsting followers of the dark Gods ravage the land. It is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of daemons and of Sorcery. It is an age of battle and death, and of the world's ending. Amidst all of the fire, flame and fury it is a time too, of mighty heroes, of bold deeds and great courage! Swords of the Empire is a storming collection of all-action stories including a brand new Storm of Chaos novella by the award-winning Dan Abnett and a new Zavant the great detective of Aldforf by Gordon Rennie! The Vampire Hunters by Robert Earl 30pag Meat Wagon by C.L.Werner 44pag The Case of the Scarlet Cell by Gordon Rennie 54pag Rest for the Wicked by James Wallis 30pag The Nagenhof Bell by Jonathan Green 28pag Swords of the Empire by Dan Abnett 46pag Vampire Hunters is set in the cold freezing lands of Kislev. The story is somewhat confusing but it has a good finale. The writing was good. It was the first book I read by Robert Earl (writer of the bretonnian Florin d'Artaud triology, so far). It was for me a weak story and with Rest for the Wicked the worst stories in the books. The second story was Meat Wagon features the (un)beloved Witch Hunter Mathias Thulman and Streng (his sidekick). The plot its about some travelers who share a coach who are detoured into a abondonated Sylvanian village and are attacked by a Vampire and his zombies. Meanwhile when they are detouring the WitchHunter asks (order) the drivers to take him along. CL Werner is one of the best writers of Black Library in the Warhammer world. He introduced us the characters in a very good way that aftewards we want to read more not only by Mathias but also others characters. The third story is "The Case of the Scarlett Cell" by Gordon Rennie. We see the return of the gentleman sage of Altdorf - Zavant Konniger and his man-servant Vido (as previously seen in the book Zavant) - who gets mixed up in a curious case of the supposedly executed serial killer known as the "Reikerbahn Butcher" who won't stay dead - a case of blood, betrayal and hidden agendas Zavant-style. As I have read the Zavant book(a comment will be written in the future), I was anxious to read this particular story and It was GREAT. I love Gordon Rennie way of write and the plots he conjure. Zavant is a mix of a Sherlock Holmes with Indiana Jones and other characters. I think it's the best story along with Swords and the Empire by Dan Abnett. Rest for the Wicked bringes Dick Grenner and his collegaues from the Pallisades into the skullduggery world of the secret organisation known as The Untersuchung, and the skullduggery surrounding an attempt to assassinate an Elector Count - who can you trust? Apparently no one. This was my first time to read a book with James Wallis. I didn't like it. It didn't feel a Warhammer book. (Except for the names of places and persons.) The Nagenhof Bell puts Torban Badenov and his band of sellswords in yet another dangerous situation. Trying to recr

Good Warhammer Short Story Collection

This is a collection of six short stories set in the Warhammer world. They vary from average to very good. It includes a Zavant (Altdorf detective) story (The Case of the Scarlet Cell), which was good. A Storm of Chaos tie-in story (Swords of the Empire) which was a little disappointing. It also has two vampire stories (The Vampire Hunters and Meat Wagon) and one with Skaven (The Nagenhof Bell). The final story (Rest for the Wicked) deals with a assassination plot in Altdorf and is one of the best in the collection. Short stories have tended to be the best Warhammer fiction and this is a solid contender. Worth reading.