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Across the Old World, the powers of Chaos seek to bring corruption and death, poisoning the minds of men and filling them with hatred and fury. Only the bravest dare stand against them - two Empire soldiers, marching into the cold wastes of Kislev to face the barbaric Northern hordes, where one will lose his soul to the Ruinous Powers. The high elf Gilead Lothain, who seeks to strike at the servants of the Dark Gods in a quest for vengeance that can never end. The ranks of the noble White Wolves, who stand to defend the majestic city of Middenheim until the last man, never backing down in the face of their enemies. Thunder and Steel is an epic collection of Dan Abnett's Warhammer fantasy, including the novels Riders of the Dead, Gilead's Blood and Hammers of Ulric, plus short stories and the full graphic novel of The Warhammer.
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Dan Abnett is a novelist and award-winning comic book writer. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and, with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent. Dan's Website can be found at www.danabnett.com
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thunder and Steel is a collection of different Dan Abnett Warhammer material; mostly novels and short stories, but with a few graphic novels thrown in as well. Not all of it is all that great, but some of the stories are well worth the purchase. The omnibus contains a bit of a rant from the Dan, mainly about when, why and how he wrote the stories, a feature which I personally find very enjoyable.
The two first novels in Thunder and Steel are Gilead's Blood and Hammers of Ulrich. Both of them started out as a collection of short stories, which have later been worked into novels. Unfortunately, it shows. Especially Gilead's Blood is rather disjointed. It is also, very clearly, from the earlier days of the Warhammer universe. The style of the stories has changed since then and to my mind, Gilead's Blood is the weakest of the novels in the omnibus. It took me quite a while to chew my way through it, I'm afraid. Hammers of Ulrich works somewhat better, even though it is a joint venture between several authors. At times it is pretty great, but overall it doesn't quite reach the mark. The third, and last, novel in the omnibus is Riders of the Dead, which in my opinion is the best part of Thunder and Steel. This is the novel that makes the omnibus worth buying. The final two shorts stories (Swords of the Empire and Shyi-zar) work. They aren't great, but they are well worth a read as well.
The last 30 or so pages are given over to graphic novels and, frankly, they shouldn't have bothered. Now, I'm not a big fan of Black Library's graphic novels, so I don't really know how well the graphic novels worked originally, but in grainy black-and-white and printed on small pages in a paperback; they simply don't work on any level.
All in all, I sort of liked Thunder and Steel, but it does have a few problems, which makes me feel it only deserves three stars.
The two first novels in Thunder and Steel are Gilead's Blood and Hammers of Ulrich. Both of them started out as a collection of short stories, which have later been worked into novels. Unfortunately, it shows. Especially Gilead's Blood is rather disjointed. It is also, very clearly, from the earlier days of the Warhammer universe. The style of the stories has changed since then and to my mind, Gilead's Blood is the weakest of the novels in the omnibus. It took me quite a while to chew my way through it, I'm afraid. Hammers of Ulrich works somewhat better, even though it is a joint venture between several authors. At times it is pretty great, but overall it doesn't quite reach the mark. The third, and last, novel in the omnibus is Riders of the Dead, which in my opinion is the best part of Thunder and Steel. This is the novel that makes the omnibus worth buying. The final two shorts stories (Swords of the Empire and Shyi-zar) work. They aren't great, but they are well worth a read as well.
The last 30 or so pages are given over to graphic novels and, frankly, they shouldn't have bothered. Now, I'm not a big fan of Black Library's graphic novels, so I don't really know how well the graphic novels worked originally, but in grainy black-and-white and printed on small pages in a paperback; they simply don't work on any level.
All in all, I sort of liked Thunder and Steel, but it does have a few problems, which makes me feel it only deserves three stars.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Omnibus' are all the rage and what could be finer from the Black Library than to bring together the finest Warhammer Fantasy standalone titles from Dan Abnett, writer and expert extraordinaire.
Within this title you get, Gilead's Blood, Hammers of Ulric, Riders of the Dead, Swords of the Empire, Shyi-zar alongside Dan's graphic novel story, The Warhammer. It's a seriously big title, backed up with typical Abnett prose alongside bloody, gruelling battles tied up with misery, hardship and victory which makes this a real treat for fans of the Warhammer world. My only complaint is that I felt that the graphic novel part should have been darker in places in order to give the reader the full experience, instead it felt more like a washed out representation which was the only real let down of this piece.
All in, this is a real touch of magic to help kick off the new year and when backed up with a surprising price, makes this a real bargain.
Within this title you get, Gilead's Blood, Hammers of Ulric, Riders of the Dead, Swords of the Empire, Shyi-zar alongside Dan's graphic novel story, The Warhammer. It's a seriously big title, backed up with typical Abnett prose alongside bloody, gruelling battles tied up with misery, hardship and victory which makes this a real treat for fans of the Warhammer world. My only complaint is that I felt that the graphic novel part should have been darker in places in order to give the reader the full experience, instead it felt more like a washed out representation which was the only real let down of this piece.
All in, this is a real touch of magic to help kick off the new year and when backed up with a surprising price, makes this a real bargain.
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7 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Abnett at his best
14 Feb 2011
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Abnett at his best. Lots of short stories and novelettes I have never heard of before. If you like Dan's other work you will love this stuff!
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Quite Uneven, Not Abnett's Best Work
11 Oct 2011
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I'm a huge Dan Abnett fan -- I love all of his Warhammer 40k books. But this one, so far -- I've not yet finished the second story -- has been very uneven.
The first story, about an Elf Prince seeking revenge for the death of his brother, was IMO unreadable. I can't really put a finger on why, tho, & that bothers me; the best I can say is that I found the main character utterly unappealing. It's a roughly 200 page story; I gave up in dismay around page 60 or so.
I'm about halfway through the second story, which seems to be about a vast conspiracy threatening the city of Middenheim. It's better, because it's written partially about the White Wolves, & so has a somewhat military feel to it, similar to Abnett's wonderful "Saint" series of 40k books, though nowhere near as good. The parts of this story that deal with Dieter Brossman, a Priest of Morr, are very entertaining; this character reminds me somewhat of Gideon Eisenhorn, one of my very favorite Abnett characters.
But I got sidetracked by Conan books arriving, put this down, & will pick it up again when I'm done with Conan, which kinda-sorta shows my priorities .... this just simply isn't any of Abnett's better efforts, & I'm overall disappointed by it.
The first story, about an Elf Prince seeking revenge for the death of his brother, was IMO unreadable. I can't really put a finger on why, tho, & that bothers me; the best I can say is that I found the main character utterly unappealing. It's a roughly 200 page story; I gave up in dismay around page 60 or so.
I'm about halfway through the second story, which seems to be about a vast conspiracy threatening the city of Middenheim. It's better, because it's written partially about the White Wolves, & so has a somewhat military feel to it, similar to Abnett's wonderful "Saint" series of 40k books, though nowhere near as good. The parts of this story that deal with Dieter Brossman, a Priest of Morr, are very entertaining; this character reminds me somewhat of Gideon Eisenhorn, one of my very favorite Abnett characters.
But I got sidetracked by Conan books arriving, put this down, & will pick it up again when I'm done with Conan, which kinda-sorta shows my priorities .... this just simply isn't any of Abnett's better efforts, & I'm overall disappointed by it.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Thunder and Steel
9 Oct 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
My first copy came with a hundred pages missing in the middle. What a surprise, but Amazon replaced it right away.
Several of the stories stand alone, and others are part of a group but can be read separately. These are all the medieval Warhammer universe, no Astartes, Imperial Guard, or bolters. Everything is horseback and blades or hammers. I felt that the middle stories dealing with the White Wolves of Middenheim were the best. The others were a little overlong or not so good.
Several of the stories stand alone, and others are part of a group but can be read separately. These are all the medieval Warhammer universe, no Astartes, Imperial Guard, or bolters. Everything is horseback and blades or hammers. I felt that the middle stories dealing with the White Wolves of Middenheim were the best. The others were a little overlong or not so good.
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