The End Times: Doom of the Old World

by Gav Thorpe

Explore the fall of the World That Was in this great value omnibus from Black Library.

Dark forces arise and the Old World stands on the brink of destruction. Is this truly the End Times?

As the dread armies of the Everchosen march unabated across the desolation of the Empire, the mighty lords of distant lands look to take advantage of the growing crisis. In Naggaroth, the Witch King raises his armies against his ancestral home of Ulthuan, determined to conquer it and take it from the hated high elves and his rival Tyrion. Beneath the earth, another struggle plays out as the servants of the Horned Rat, the skaven, seek to topple the ancient kingdom of Karak Eight Peaks and lay low their old enemies the dwarfs.

Such conflicts, though grand in scale, are but a prelude to an even greater doom, as Archaon prepares his war host to sack Middenheim and the last bulwark of mankind against the ultimate victory of Chaos. Should he prevail and the mortal races fall, the Old World will not survive…

Contents
The Curse of Khaine (Novel) by Gav Thorpe
The Rise of the Horned Rat (Novel) by Guy Haley
The Lord of the End Times (Novel) by Josh Reynolds
The Siege of Naggarond (Short story) by Sarah Cawkwell
Bride of Khaine (Short story) by Graeme Lyon

Genres: Fantasy

848 pages, Paperback

Published March 12, 2024

About the author

Gav spent 14 years as a developer for Games Workshop, and started writing novels and short stories in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 when the Black Library imprint was launched in 1997.

He continues to write for Black Library, and his first 'homegrown' novel series The Crown of the Blood has been released via Angry Robot.

Currently living in Nottingham, Gav shares his home with his loving and very understanding partner - Kez, and their beautiful little boy - Sammy.

Reviews

[Davide Pappalardo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the first omnibus, but still enjoyable. Malekith is probably the most interesting character here, a complex and shakespearean protagonist of an existential drama of his own making, wrapped in darkness and hubris, but with a spark of light. Even the Skaven’s epic and the dwarfs’ last stand are really good material; it is the last long-format novel about the final act, the End of Times, that drags the overall quality a little bit down. Too long for its own good, with some boring parts and too focused on some charachters while ignoring others until their demise - often a swift one. Not horrible, but I expected more from the ending of the Warhammer Fantasy Universe.

[Kevin Neff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Stories, the 3rd book got a bit long.