The Red Feast

Khul #1

by Gav Thorpe

Book One of The Khul

On the Flamescar Plateau, a time of peace and prosperity is threatened by a distant sorcerous power. Can Athol Khul bring the tribes together to keep the peace, or will war claim them all – and destroy their future?

READ IT BECAUSE
It's the start of a saga by Gav Thorpe that explores the Khul, the influential and powerful tribe of Aqshy that is the origin of one of the Age of Sigmar's greatest villains…

THE STORY
The coming of the God-King Sigmar has brought relative peace and prosperity to the Great Parch. Yet across the sun-drenched plains of the Flamescar Plateau the passions of the tribes are intemperate and generations of loyalty to the Hammergod cannot wholly erase their warlike past and bloodthirsty traditions. Among them live the Khul, outsiders allied to the mighty Aridians through shared blades. Athol Khul is the spear-carrier, the bridge between these peoples, and to him falls a near-impossible task when a distant sorcerous power threatens the alliance. With the lives of his family and people hanging in the balance, Athol must secure whatever companions and powers he can to aid in the coming war. In doing so, he starts upon a path that will lead to glory and ruin in equal measure.

Genres: Fantasy

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 20, 2019

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

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gav Thorpe’s The Red Feast is an unusual Age of Sigmar novel in that it isn’t actually set in the Age of Sigmar. Instead it’s set long before that, still in the Mortal Realms – Aqshy, in fact – but in a time before the Age of Chaos. It takes place across the Flamescar Plateau, where once-warlike tribes have found an uneasy kind of peace having largely abandoned their old gods in favour of the teachings of Sigmar. Athol Khul is the spear-carrier, the bridge between his tribe – the Khul – and the Aridians. To Athol, the bond between the tribes is to both peoples’ benefit, but as tensions arise and their alliance is tested he begins to see that things aren’t quite so simple.

It’s an interesting choice for a series (this is billed as Book One of the Khul) to be set so far in the past of the setting, given the scope of Age of Sigmar and the Mortal Realms, but on the merit of this book it absolutely pays off. For the majority of the novel this feels as much like historical fiction as it does fantasy, partly because the Khul bear a few notable similarities to the Spartans but also because there are very few of the usual Warhammer archetypes in place. Alongside a focus on inter-tribal politics and the effects of religious change, rather than grand battles and high fantasy, this gives it a tone and feel all of its own, and makes for a character-led story driven by conflict which carries a different kind of weight to what’s usually seen in Warhammer fiction.

Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/05/...

[Lionel Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Red Feast is an origin story of one of Warhammer Age of Sigmar's most notorious villains. Athol Khul started as a man trying to save his tribe from being destroyed by The Ththemasters. This prince would like to see his tribe return to their old, more warlike ways. While Lashkar is a broken-down older man who keeps having visions that cannot help but paint the visions he dreams about on his home walls. In blood. All of these men are being led along a path that they are unaware of. This is a story of how one of the most powerful factions in the Warhammer universe comes to the fore. Khorne is the god of bloodshed and combat, and the more the blood flows, the more powerful he becomes. The story is about how these three men inadvertently beginning to fulfill Khorne's will and bring about a new age of violence and bloodshed in their homeland. This book is a must-read for anyone who is a fan of the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe, and I would say one of the best Warhammer books I have read so far. The ending is absolutely chilling, and I look forward to the next book in the series. Get this book!

[Hunter82 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warhammer Age of Sigmar, nicht nur eine Welt, dondern mehrere Reiche. Alle über eine Reichspforte zu ereichen.

Die große Dürre wurde von Sigmar auch zurück erobert, doch in jedem Stamm dort dürstet es nach der alten Macht.
Können Sie dies wiederstehen oder kommt das Chaos zurück.

Ein gelungenes Band um mehr über die verschiedenen Reiche bzw. hier die Stämme der großen Dürre kennenzulernen und wie es vor Sigmars Eroberung gewesen war. Ich finde die Age of Sigmar Bücher mega spannend.

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel is about the intertwining stories of how a good man becomes bad to protect those he loves and how a bad man becomes worse for personal glory. The characters are very compelling and likable for villains. Their motivations are clear. The plot is a little slow but this is the first book in, hopefully, several future installments.

[Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy escape to another place. This book is not complete though. It is simply setting the scene of what is yet to come. So be prepared to finish this book, and be frustrated if you don't have the next in the series yet.

[Joel Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the book. Well written as always. Loved the discriptions.