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Total War: Lord of Chaos
Archaon faces unimaginable perils and devastating betrayals in his quest to assume the mantle of Lord of Chaos, the harbinger of the End Times.
Archaon is the Everchosen, the warrior who will lead the final, cataclysmic assault that will usher in the End Times and the reign of the Ruinous Powers. But he was not always thus – he was once a man, a devout servant of the warrior-god Sigmar. This book tells of his origins, and of his epic quest to claim the six great treasures of Chaos and bring death to the world as the Lord of Chaos. This book collects together the novels Archaon: Everchosen and Archaon: Lord of Chaos, plus the short story "Archaon: The Rise and the Fall".
Archaon is the Everchosen, the warrior who will lead the final, cataclysmic assault that will usher in the End Times and the reign of the Ruinous Powers. But he was not always thus – he was once a man, a devout servant of the warrior-god Sigmar. This book tells of his origins, and of his epic quest to claim the six great treasures of Chaos and bring death to the world as the Lord of Chaos. This book collects together the novels Archaon: Everchosen and Archaon: Lord of Chaos, plus the short story "Archaon: The Rise and the Fall".
960 pages, Paperback
Published April 5, 2016
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Rob Sanders
114 books86 followersRob Sanders is the author of twelve novels, as well as numerous anthologised short stories, novellas, audio dramas, computer games and comics. His fiction has won national writing competitions, been featured on the BBC and appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. His poetry has been short listed in national contests. He lives off the beaten track in the small city of Lincoln, UK.
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May 8, 2020
This book had so much promise.
In the Warhammer World, even the heroes are usually terrible people. It stands to reason, then, that Archaon The Everchosen is meant to be bad so at least we're not meant to root for him.
He starts life as a devout enough Sigmar worshipper. A templar that goes around doing 'heroic' deeds.
There isn't really too much of that. Indeed, the book has several false start chapters of what might have been if the Demon Prince didn't keep twisting fate to keep him alive.
Nonetheless, the first half of the first book in this duology is well done. It sets things up nicely and shows how a devout man might fall. In this case it's because the Sigmar religion is dogmatic and very prone to corruption. They make it too easy, to be honest. Nonetheless, it was compelling stuff, and watching Archaon tear them apart was entertaining because it felt like they had it coming.
Then he journeys north and it's all downhill from there. So many chaos entities, names, stuff gets thrown at the read in block of text which become a chore to read. The battles end up the same way, just plodding, methodical, meh. The reviews seem to vary on this point but it is the point of contention for them.
I skimmed book 2 on the promise of a good twist at the end which I realised I had already seen coming, and the rest of the book seemed largely a fetch quest for Archaon to get his stat boosting weapons/armour so that's that. There isn't really so much story/tragedy there as more mindless battles and such.
I know it's Warhammer and not especially 'high-brow' writing, but it feels like there's so much wasted potential for storytelling in the books I've read thus far.
In the Warhammer World, even the heroes are usually terrible people. It stands to reason, then, that Archaon The Everchosen is meant to be bad so at least we're not meant to root for him.
He starts life as a devout enough Sigmar worshipper. A templar that goes around doing 'heroic' deeds.
There isn't really too much of that. Indeed, the book has several false start chapters of what might have been if the Demon Prince didn't keep twisting fate to keep him alive.
Nonetheless, the first half of the first book in this duology is well done. It sets things up nicely and shows how a devout man might fall. In this case it's because the Sigmar religion is dogmatic and very prone to corruption. They make it too easy, to be honest. Nonetheless, it was compelling stuff, and watching Archaon tear them apart was entertaining because it felt like they had it coming.
Then he journeys north and it's all downhill from there. So many chaos entities, names, stuff gets thrown at the read in block of text which become a chore to read. The battles end up the same way, just plodding, methodical, meh. The reviews seem to vary on this point but it is the point of contention for them.
I skimmed book 2 on the promise of a good twist at the end which I realised I had already seen coming, and the rest of the book seemed largely a fetch quest for Archaon to get his stat boosting weapons/armour so that's that. There isn't really so much story/tragedy there as more mindless battles and such.
I know it's Warhammer and not especially 'high-brow' writing, but it feels like there's so much wasted potential for storytelling in the books I've read thus far.
June 28, 2016
I had a blast reading this book and if you are a fan of Warhammer then its a must read. I personally love reading about the motivations of villains from their view point. I won't spoil any thing much from the story, its the story of how a man destined to be Lord of the End Times comes to terms with himself and his quest.
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