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...
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