The Blackhearts Omnibus (Warhammer Novels)
by Nathan Long
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Author: Nathan LongEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-03
ISBN: 1844165108
Number of pages: 768
Publisher: Games Workshop
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Book Review: Black-Hearted Scallywags
Summary: 5 Stars
Fantasy is at its best when there's a few rough edges on things, and Nathan Long's aptly-named Blackhearts trilogy is a perfect example. With a cast of unrepentant, yet sympathetic, villains and a series of nightmare scenarios full of twists, turns and rampant episodes of backstabbing for fun and profit, Long creates a thoroughly engaging storyline that more than fills the three books (and two short stories) that comprise this omnibus.
In his introduction, Long alludes to the obvious similarities between his trilogy and The Dirty Dozen-condemned military prisoners offered a nebulous pardon in return for performing suicide missions-but those similarities are only skin deep. The diverse characters who make up the titular 'Blackhearts' are unique individuals, and their conflicting personalities and quirks make for some fun (and occasionally tragic) character interaction in between the requisite pulse-pounding action sequences.
As with most of the Black Library's tie-in output, action is paramount (plot over plod), but Long manages the not-so-easy trick of making the reader care about these largely disposable characters with only a limited amount of space to work with. Too, his deft use of several ongoing subplots help to fully flesh out the thoroughly unpleasant world his characters inhabit.
And it's a world that is familiar to any aficionado of Games Workshop's output, but Long doesn't stint on the backdrop as some writers might be tempted to. Instead he incorporates as much of the "local color" as possible into things in order to firmly anchor his contribution into the greater meta-story-arc of the Warhammer Fantasy Universe. Which is no bad thing, because as fantasy universes go, it's an interesting one.
All in all, The Blackhearts Omnibus is worth the ten bucks (three books for ten bucks ain't bad) and I recommend it to any fan of dark fantasy.
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Under threat of death for their crimes, Reiner and his companions are forced to carry out the most desperate and suicidal secret missions, all for the good of the Empire. Chaos cultists, ratmen, dark elves, rogue army commanders and more - time and again the Blackhearts are pitted against impossible odds and survive - yet what they most what is their freedom.Action & Adventure Books
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