Valnir's Bane

Rating:
Summary: Horrible
Review: I have read 98% of the offerings from the BL and have to say this is the worst novel yet. Usually they manage to print only the best of the short stories submitted but this novel misses the mark. The author fails to capture any of the atmosphere of the gothic world of Warhammer. All the ingredients are there but I couldn't help feeling I was reading a screen play. If this is the first novel from either Warhammer or warhammer 40k you read, please don't get turned off. Try William king or Dan Abnett as examples of the best this genre has to offer.

Rating:
Summary: Ode to "The Dirty (half) Dozen"
Review: This novel was chalk full of non stop action.
Despite being packed with nothing but action and being
a short novel, it manages some very good insight into the
cast of characters. I found the novel to be a very easy read
and finished it in one reading.

The other review has already stated anything else i
might have said except that I did find one
character to be very unbelievable.
The Novitiate Knight, Erich was just too stupid to be believable.
The writer could have built some kind of realistic motivations
that might have explained the character a bit better as he
did with the rest of the cast.

On the whole, a very satisfying read. Would definately purchase
any sequel even though i don't tend to buy Warhammer fantasy
novels except for the Gotrek and Felix line.
I purchased this novel to fill my order for
super express shipping. That and the storyline sppealed to me.

Rating:
Summary: Cliches Twisted Here
Review: Valnir's Bane begins with a bang, lets neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night keep it from delivering nonstop gore and colliding bodies and objects, and then ends in a whirl. And I have to face it, I love this sort of thing. I'll read it over and over again -- if it's done well. Nathan Long does it well. He hauls out all the old adventure plot devices and characters without shame, polishes them up, and then proceeds to warp, muddy and hack them to bits. Bring it on!