![]() – Standalone, but loosely connected to various other stories by Josh. Josh Reynolds: Order of the Fly: Tourney of Fate Josh Reynolds: The Library of Forgotten Moments – All part of the Eight Lamentations series: Road of Blades is a prequel to the novel Spear of Shadows Tainted Axe is a sequel Auction of Blood is standalone within the series. Josh Reynolds: Auction of Blood, The Tainted Axe and The Road of Blades – Set between City of Secrets and The Silver Shard. Features Sigmar (sort of) and looks back to before the Age of Sigmar. – Prequels to Hamilcar: Champion of the Gods – they appear to be in loose chronological order, and set things up nicely for the novel. This doesn’t appear to be specifically tied into the novel First Mark.ĭavid Guymer: Bear Eater, Force of Personality, Gods’ Gift and The Hardest Word You should be able to read these and the novel Mortarch of Blood in any order. City of secrets age of sigmar series#Here’s the contents list, along with my suggestions for how each story fits in with others in the series and links to reviews where available:ĭavid Annandale: The Dance of the Skulls and Obsidian Overall this amply demonstrates the breadth of storytelling possible in Age of Sigmar, and the variety that’s already there amongst the authors currently writing for the setting. There aren’t many spoilers on offer (and they’re not big spoilers even when they do appear), and while it doesn’t necessarily feel like this anthology has been specifically designed as such, it would actually work very well as an introduction to the Mortal Realms. ![]() What’s impressive is that there really is no filler here – it’s all good stuff! Inevitably some stories work better than others (although as always that’s going to be pretty subjective), but the overall standard is very high and while most of these are connected to other stories elsewhere there’s very little sense of needing to be fully read-up to be able to enjoy these. Josh Reynolds’ five stories all feature different characters but share a certain sense of excitement in exploring the Realms and what’s possible therein, the two Neferata stories show the Mortarch absolutely in her element, and there’s a massive amount to enjoy in spending time with so many other characters. If you’re new to Age of Sigmar there’s bound to be something that catches your eye amongst all these stories, while if you’ve been following the setting for a while you’ll already be familiar with many of the characters. It’s not quite Hamilcar & Other Stories but having so many stories featuring the same character does provide an interesting sense of continuity.Īlongside Hamilcar there are stories featuring Neferata, Neave Blacktalon, Balthas Arum (from Soul Wars), two sets of witch hunters, the crew of the Iron Dragon, the Stormcast featured in the Nightvault game, a Chaos knight seeking to join the ranks of the Varanguard, various miscreants searching for the Eight Lamentations, a knight of the Order of the Fly…oh, and Sigmar himself. That’s all of the currently available Hamilcar short stories, and between them they paint a vivid picture of a character who’s unlike anything else in Black Library’s catalogue. One particular character features heavily with no fewer than four Hamilcar Bear-Eater stories from David Guymer, collecting together three previously-released tales of the Astral Templars Lord Castellant alongside the brand new Force of Personality. ![]() There’s a remarkable amount of variety here with stories exploring different realms, factions and characters, from the highest peak of Azyr to the haunted depths of Shadespire, and (as the title suggests) from the gods themselves to humble mortal warriors. Eighteen stories, nine authors, and lots to enjoy. Over a whopping 400+ pages Gods & Mortals collects together eighteen short stories into an impressive anthology, eight of which are brand new while the other ten are drawn from those previously-published tales. In that time, alongside a couple of dozen novels we’ve seen a whole host of short stories published, some tying in with ongoing narratives and others standing alone. In three and a half years the Age of Sigmar setting has grown from fairly humble beginnings into something wild and imaginative, with vast scope for storytelling and almost unlimited potential. ![]()
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