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‘Blighted Empire’ – C.L.Werner (Black Library)

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I am swiping old reviews, from older blogs, left, right and centre at the moment; not the content I really want to be posting but needs must and all that :o) Like I said yesterday, it's been a busy week and my reading time took a hammering as a result. The plan is to try and claw back a little time, over this weekend, and catch up with some reading; we'll see how that goes... In the meantime then. I thought now would be a good time to continue posting about C.L. Werner's 'Black Plague' trilogy. Well. borrowing old posts but... You know what I mean ;o) The original review can be found over Here ; all the relevant bits (i.e. me not going off on tangent for no good reason) can be found below. Have a great weekend! The Black Plague spreads across the Empire, followed by a tide of monsters from legend: the skaven. In Altdorf, Emperor Boris’s troops valiantly hold off the ratmen while the corrupt Emperor escapes to safety. In Middenheim, Graf Gunthar and his son Mandred d...

‘Dead Winter’ – C.L. Werner (Black Library)

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It has been a great few days off work but next Monday has appeared on the horizon and my thoughts are starting to turn in that direction. Oh well, just a couple of weeks and I'll be headed into another weeks worth of leave; and that's the great thing about having daughters who are off school for the summer ;o) A great few days, with my girls, then but as ever, my reading has taken a hit and I'm horribly behind all over again. With other stuff going on, my energy has gone on my girls and I haven't been good for much come the end of the day. Oh well, hopefully I'll be able to catch up over the weekend. In the meantime then, I thought I'd start drawing a little attention to the old 'Warhammer' fantasy books that the Black Library seem perfectly happy to let slide out of print and into the realm of obscenely priced second hand books. Which is ok if you have these books in your collection but not so great if you don't. No worries, both 'past' and ...