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Title: Death's Messenger
Series: Blood on the Reik
Author: Sandy Mitchell
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: SFF
Pages: 416
Format: Kindle digital scan
Rudy, the poor orphan who has been raised by the local forester,
discovers signs of Beastmen near his village. At the same time, rot
begins to afflict the crops and towns people as well.
A witch hunter comes to the village and a lot is revealed. A bunch of
the villagers were chaos worshippers, including Rudy's adopted father.
They had some plan in store for Rudi but the beastmen's attack changed
things. The witch hunter is now after Rudi and a childhood acquaintance
who is the daughter of a the local healer.
Once out of the village, things happen and the two young people have
adventures until they are caught by the witch hunter. And the book ends.
I still don't know the difference between Warhammer and Warhammer
40k. I assume W is a fantasy series like the Forgotten Realms series and
that the W40K is a scifi of the same. I tried some of the W40K and it
didn't work for me, so I was hesitant to try plain old Warhammer.
It was alright. Not great, but not terrible. The first half of the
book was all setup with very little happening and then whammo, once
things got rolling, the 2 youngsters just couldn't stay out of trouble
to save their lives. And the ending that was a complete cliff hanger?
Nahhh, that didn't impress me.
Since I don't know anything about Warhammer, I don't know the
significance, if any, of the title or the series. What is a reik? A
person, a place, a thing? Is Death a personification in the Warhammer
world? Does he have agents sowing chaos out in the world? If so, why?
And really, so what? I have a bunch of options to choose from for
series to read in the Warhammer so I am literally just pointing my
finger and saying "I'll read YOU" and hoping for the best.
If anyone is a Warhammer fan, and has some advice, please feel free to chime in. I can use anything right about now.