War for the Mortal Realms

by Josh Reynolds, Darius Hinks, Chris Wraight

A Warhammer Age of Sigmar Omnibus

I have a story to tell you… I shall start at the breaking of the Tempest, where history begins…

READ IT BECAUSE

Follow the tumultuous saga of the Mortal Realms in a single volume – from the battles against the forces of Chaos, through the Soul Wars against the hordes of Nagash, to the chosen warriors of Sigmar fighting in the Era of the Beast.

THE STORY

The Mortal Realms are lost.

From the ashes of the World-that-Was, the God-King Sigmar plucks from oblivion the souls of warriors that die in his name, and on the Anvil of Apotheosis reforges them anew. These brave but damaged Stormcast Eternals face near-insurmountable odds to bring Sigmar’s light back to the Mortal Realms, and reclaim them from the grasp of the ascendant Ruinous Powers of Chaos.



The Gates of Azyr (Novella) by Chris Wraight
Soul Wars (Novel) by Josh Reynolds
Dominion (Novel) by Darius Hinks

Genres: Fantasy

938 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 11, 2024

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

For the Black Library and horror author, see Joshua Reynolds.

Reviews

[Harald Talts]

3 böcker i en och får väl säga att de var rätt stor skillnad i kvalitet. Den första novellen samt den första romanen var otroligt seglästa och det var inte så mycket som hände. Karaktärerna utvecklades knappt genom boken utan agerade så som de alltid gjorde. överlag var det väl en okej introduktion till världen men som annars var det inget att hurra för. Roman nummer två slukade mig helt dock. Intressanta karaktärer och gripande berättande vilket som helhet lyfte upp det till i alla fall 3/5. Hade endast läst om man bryr sig om AoS, annars kan man skippa.

[Sander Stouthuysen]

Een goede omnibus.
Het eerste verhaal is tof om eindelijk te leren hoe de age of sigmar is begonen.
Soul wars is een goed boek. Het heeft een paar interessante hoofdpersonages waaronder zelfs iemand die ik zlu willen zien terugkeren in nog meer boeken gewoon om te zien wat er met haar gebeurd.
Dominion heeft een interessant broer zus paar die ervoor zorgen dat het moeilijk is om het boek neer te leggen. Ik heb het boek een tijdje neergelegd omdat ik niet wou dat het eindigde en uiteindelijk heb ik het op een paar dagen afgelezen

[David Swanborough]

so dull honestly just watch a YouTube video about AOS lore. GWs continued failure to make AOS make sense and interesting is mind blowing when you compare it to old Warhammer fantasy and all of 40ks lore

one of 2 books I can't finish and will reduce my skaventide book to never opened I think

[Migjol VanMjol]

This book contains three stories. The first two stories, written by Chris Wraight and Josh Reynolds are enjoyable. They each have the same issue with excessive filtering but this is fine for the most part.

The third and last story is written by Darius Hinks. This story I could not finish due to glaring issues with the text.
I stopped reading at page 472 which is only eight chapters deep into the last story of the book. These are, in my opinion, the most obvious issues up until this point:

- Inappropriate amount of telling, a lot of which is filtering.

- Characters have no substance other than name, title and one or two basic attributes.

- Character proficiency is largely something you are told about instead of shown.

- Characters flip flop between emotional states.

- There is dialogue that serves no purpose, possibly intended for character development but failing to do so.

- The world around the characters lacks weight and substance due to a lack of well chosen descriptors when characters observe and move through the world.

How GW decided this specific story was ready for publishing is puzzling. It is disappointing my time with an otherwise enjoyable book is ending this way.

[Martin Herrin]

As an intro to AoS, I don't know what could be better. 2 novels and a novella, really sets the tone for what is undoubtedly one of the most epic fantasy universes.

I'm really not sure which of the 3 was my favorite. Soul Wars of course has Nagash, which is a big plus.

The Characters in Dominion are quite good, and the plot, though straightforward, is a thrilling survival story of a crusade in the nightmarish Wildlands of Ghur.

Reminiscent of some of the best sci-fi and fantasy, albeit written a bit conservatively in order to please the masses. There is nothing wrong with tight and simple prose, though I prefer more ambitious and unique styles. What these stories lack in prose they make up for in setting and good pacing.

I may have already ordered another 5 books because of how much I enjoyed these.

[Chris Harvey]

An interesting dive into Age of Sigmar law with the tie in releases from each edition. The stories are good but could have been a little more pacy. I liked the action in ‘The Gates of Azyr’ but it could have done with more lore. ‘Soul Wars’ was the best story and gave lots of insight into the history of the Mortal Realms and even makes you feel for Nagash as he was betrayed. Although I am an Orruk player, I found ‘Dominion’ the weakest. Actually the first half is a little boring and some of the monsters the crusaders face feel a little silly. Once the Kruleboyz come in it gets loads better and some of thier schemes are the best bits of the three stories. I also always feel that Stormcast Eternals are a little over powered and I knew they would win in the end, even with great losses. A great book overall, think you will like it more if you play AoS.

[Seb Vanbesien]

A great introduction into the Age of Sigmar. I really loved Realmgate and liked Soul Wars very much. The stories were strong introductions into a new world and their factions. Interesting characters and dynamics. Dominion was okay. I loved the build up of the Kruleboyz but apart from that the it felt not as lively in terms of world building as the other two stories. Overall the book is still a great read and an amazing introduction into AoS

[Abbi Parke]

This is a 4.5
It took a while to get in to, but as the stories got going they were good. I think it was also partially my fault for not knowing anything about AoS before this but it was a little jarring going from 40k to AoS, enjoyable either way!

[Connor Benson]

Excellent - the stories paint a great picture of some of the powers struggling for dominance in the mortal realms and it’s a very fun read!