A Tithe of Bone

Warhammer Age of Sigmar

by Michael R. Fletcher

A Warhammer Age of Sigmar story

A Champion of Tzeentch is determined that he will defeat Death itself… but when Death comes for him in the form of the Ossiarch Bonereapers, his fate is sealed.

READ IT BECAUSE
Discover Nagash's collectors as they come for what they are owed, and find out why they are feared across Shyish and beyond.

THE STORY
In the Mortal Realms, Death and Chaos clash. For Markash, Champion of Tzeentch, Death is the antithesis of the change he believes in, and on the edge of Nagash's domain, he plans to teach the God of Death which is superior. Yet his plans are derailed when emissaries of the Great Necromancer visit his stronghold, a city he seized from Death worshippers. These visitors are no ordinary servants of Nagash, no shambling corpses or blood-drinking vampires. These are the Ossiarch Bonereapers, and they will have the tithe of bone that Nagash demands.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction

31 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 28, 2019

About the author

Michael R. Fletcher lives in the endless suburban sprawl north of Toronto. He dreams of trees and seeing the stars at night and being a ninja. He is an unrepentant whiskey-swilling reprobate of the tallest order and thinks grilled cheese sandwiches are a food group.

His novels include the Manifest Delusions trilogy (BEYOND REDEMPTION, THE MIRROR'S TRUTH, A WAR TO END ALL), the Obsidian Path trilogy (BLACK STONE HEART, SHE DREAMS IN BLOOD, AN END TO SORROW), the City of Sacrifice trilogy (SMOKE AND STONE, ASH AND BONES, SIN AND SORROW), and the standalone novels, SWARM AND STEEL, GHOSTS OF TOMORROW, THE MILLENNIAL MANIFESTO, NORYLSKA GROANS (co-written with Clayton W. Snyder). He also has a short story collection A COLLECTION OF OBSESSIONS.

http://michaelrfletcher.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelRFlet...

Twitter: @FletcherMR

Instagram: fletcher_michael_r

Reviews

[Michael Dodd]

Chaos champion Lord Markash has conquered the city of Knazziir at the edge of Nagash’s domain, in the name Tzeentch. Utterly loyal to his god, and with total confidence in himself and his destiny, when faced by the Ossiarch legions come to claim their bone tithe Markash strides out to confront them head on.

Fletcher takes what could have been a very straightforward, generic concept and flips it, focusing more on Markash’s psychology than his prowess in battle. Whether seen from a mortal scribe’s viewpoint or, later, his own perspective, the emphasis is on his Tzeentchian view of destiny and how that contrasts with the inevitability of Nagash, and Fletcher leans on that concept of destiny to take the story in an unexpected direction.

Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/10/...

[Aaron]

A delightful (well, "delightful") little story that sheds some light on how the Bonereapers operate. It gives a chance to see what could be going on in those skulls of theirs.

[David Strašák]

An amazing short story that really kept me excited and interested. And honestly, I love the bonereapers. I love that they have something in their heads and they have a personality, which is revealed. And even so during this it still made sense.

[Joseph Vanucchi]

Good

I have a mind that is difficult to ensnare reading short works so you're probably better off reading someone else's review.

[Joel Harris]

Very cool story. Loved it a lot.

[William Cherico]

The Ossiarch Bonereapers might be my favorite of any of the factions introduced so far in this book. I love the alien quality of this search for bones - first diplomatic, then super brutal - without any described purpose. Markash was an interesting protagonist who Fletcher uses to explore some good ideas about death, destiny, and the intertwinement of the two.

[Urgewyrm]

Ossiarch Bonereapers vs Tzeench Chaos. Does a great job showing what the Bonereapers are all about ( and gratuitously namedrops models to make sure you know what to buy ;) ) and how they're so much more than just 'bonier zombie apocalypse. )

My first Age of Sigmar story and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Paul Sparks]

Good introduction to the ossiarch

I have read a few AoS books, mainly gotrek and this was a good intro to the bone reapers, I will be buying more books to peruse and learn their lore

[Andrew Alvis]

The tithe must be paid...always.

[Joseph Carr]

Adds some interesting perspective to the OBR, And what it's like to become them!