What do you think?
Rate this book
Blood of Nagash #2
Master of Death
An ancient follower of the Great Necromancer seeks power over death itself.W’soran, one of the first vampires and former pupil of the Great Necromancer Nagash, plots to unravel the secrets of life and death. But his hunt for power is interrupted by a civil war in Mourkain, the mountain nation ruled by his former ally, Ushoran. Now W’soran must battle old friends and new enemies as he weaves a complex web of treachery and deceit in order to anoint himself the Master of Death…
416 pages, Paperback
First published December 19, 2013
8 people are currently reading
184 people want to read
About the author
Joshua Reynolds
313 books339 followersJosh Reynolds’ work has previously appeared in such anthologies as Historical Lovecraft from Innsmouth Free Press and Horror for the Holidays from Miskatonic River Press, and his novel, Knight of the Blazing Sun, is currently available from Black Library. He can be found at: http://joshuamreynolds.wordpress.com
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
March 25, 2016
God damn what a read!
Joshua Reynolds knocks another novel featuring the Undead out of the park!
The action was phenomenal, the characters(Especially W'soran and his acolytes) were to die for, and the overall plot was tons of fun.
W'Soran didn't strike me as an extremely interesting character in the Rise of Nagash series, but seeing him come into his own with this novel, and having a lot of his back story built and expanded upon was awesome. Damn good stuff really.
And the end, oh man, I kinda saw the end coming, but NOT in the way it happened, and damn it was great!
I really hope we see where this goes. Please Black Library, let Josh finish the damn series!
Joshua Reynolds knocks another novel featuring the Undead out of the park!
The action was phenomenal, the characters(Especially W'soran and his acolytes) were to die for, and the overall plot was tons of fun.
W'Soran didn't strike me as an extremely interesting character in the Rise of Nagash series, but seeing him come into his own with this novel, and having a lot of his back story built and expanded upon was awesome. Damn good stuff really.
And the end, oh man, I kinda saw the end coming, but NOT in the way it happened, and damn it was great!
I really hope we see where this goes. Please Black Library, let Josh finish the damn series!
May 22, 2014
Another "meh" book by BL and Reynolds handling the vampire origins stories in the Warhammer universe.
The annoying trope of telling stories in 2 different times is expanded to 3 for little pay off. Reynolds also puts a bit too much "human" in the "inhuman" vampires (the way Abhorash "pales" with emotion for example). It just wasn't a real page turner, especially with W'Soran's constant and petulant whining.
However, Abhorash continues to be portrayed as the BOSS he is, and I hope, if Reynolds continues writing the Blood of Nagash series and the final book is about the Red Dragon, that he can bring him to unlife as he has done in cameos in the last two. The "presence" of Nagash is pretty well done, too, though there would seem to be much to wrapped up in a single volume.
Oh, and the final nail in the coffin; a boss Orc's name is "Dork." WTH?!?!
The annoying trope of telling stories in 2 different times is expanded to 3 for little pay off. Reynolds also puts a bit too much "human" in the "inhuman" vampires (the way Abhorash "pales" with emotion for example). It just wasn't a real page turner, especially with W'Soran's constant and petulant whining.
However, Abhorash continues to be portrayed as the BOSS he is, and I hope, if Reynolds continues writing the Blood of Nagash series and the final book is about the Red Dragon, that he can bring him to unlife as he has done in cameos in the last two. The "presence" of Nagash is pretty well done, too, though there would seem to be much to wrapped up in a single volume.
Oh, and the final nail in the coffin; a boss Orc's name is "Dork." WTH?!?!
February 21, 2014
Much better than the first book. Took a bit to get used to the fact that every chapter is years apart but as the main character is a immortal vampire it made sense. Lots of references later and we get a really good tale. I'm very interested at what book three will be like...
December 6, 2025
Good book, such a shame that W’soran never transitioned into Age of Sigmar.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews