‘Ursun’s Teeth’ – Graham McNeill (Black Library)


Page Count: 252 Pages

Remember the other day when I said I’d tell you all about the sequel to Graham McNeill’s ‘The Ambassador’? Well, today is the day I’ll be doing just that 😉 Quick thoughts are the order of the day though… I’ve got a full day ahead of me so should try and get a little more sleep than normal. The other reason…? Well… There isn’t an awful lot to say about this one, let me try and explain…

Retired general Kaspar von Velten returns to the frozen city if Kislev to continue his duties as the Emperor’s ambassador to the court of Tsarina Katarina. With the massed hordes of Chaos marching towards the strategic rock formation know as Ursun’s Teeth, the combined armies of the Empire and Kislev must ride out to meet them in battle. But with the outbreak of plague and a string of assassinations, it becomes clear that a Chaos agent is operating within the city and Kaspar must foil them before they bring the defences tumbling down…

‘Ursun’s Teeth’ is a bit of an odd one to try and write about because, well… I feel like I already said it all when I spoke about ‘The Ambassador’. There’s nothing wrong with ‘Ursun’s Teeth; it has all the stuff that made ‘The Ambassador’ a lot of fun to read with a little intrigue mixing well with some very well choreographed action scenes. If you’ve read ‘The Ambassador’ then the intrigue will inevitably lose a little of it’s power but that’s ok, we’re here to see the endgame really 😊

So, what’s the problem then…? There isn’t really a problem as far as the book goes, just that McNeill’s approach hasn’t changed from the last book and that doesn’t leave me with a lot to say here. Seriously, have another look at my review for ‘The Ambassador’, that will tell you everything 😉

What I will say though is that sometimes, that’s ok. There’s the whole ‘if it ain’t broke’ argument, of course, but sometimes you realise that you don’t want a book to do anything different to its predecessor. That’s where comfort reads come from. And that’s where I was, reading ‘Ursun’s Teeth’.

If you enjoyed ‘The Ambassador’, you’ll likely enjoy ‘Ursun’s Teeth’ just as much; that’s really the long and short of it 😉

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