Капитану Брокрину и его команде грозит утрата корабля, так как они не сумели расплатиться с инвесторами предыдущей экспедиции. И «Железный дракон» отправляется в опасное путешествие — искать легендарный небесный остров Кладбище прибыли. Слава и богатство ждут дуардинов, если они смогут раскрыть эту печально известную тайну. На пути Брокрина поджидают старые и новые враги, опасности и ужасная истина: ни одно харадронское судно никогда не вырывалось из тисков плавучего моря сорняков и лоз. Станет ли «Железный дракон» первым?
I see the potential and a great setting but it gets dragged down by needlessly adding other aspects of the age of Sigmar. You could easily rewrite this story and not have the tzeentch sorcery plot and the story would be better for it. Then it would be a story of a down on their luck crew facing off a dangerous problem that might be lucrative for them.
In essence, the plot has this pirate tale or adventure at high sea quality to it. A mysterious blight that old crewmember share stories about, the doom of ships, what lies at the heart of the mystery is it gold? Is that by the numbers? kinda, but then again would it have mattered?
The aforementioned tzeentch sorcerer sets the story in motion but as I said you could easily write him out of it and he adds little to the overall story, he is not that interesting nor fun at all. Likewise, the skaven. they were kinda there and I never felt like they were a threat of any sort and this is something I feel is a problem with the whole skaven group in age of Sigmar, they are there yes but they are no longer the existential threat they were in warhammer fantasy. While all other factions have gained power through magic, sorcery or alchemist powers, the skaven have gained nothing. They are still the same and this story shows how outgunned they are both literally and lorewise.
I like the faction of the kharadon overlords but this series has been trying way to hard to make the story bigger then it needs to be, it would have been fine reading about adventures in the high sky without all the stowaways hitching a ride.
In this story, the crew having just managed to keep from having their ship repossessed take a job out of desperation from a mysterious wealthy patron. But all is not as it seems. Their destination is Profits Ruin a large floating mass of vegetation in the sky that has been the bane of many seafarers including some of the crew's family members. Upon arrival, the crew soon discovers that they are not alone. In addition to a crew of Skaven who are also trapped in the ruin, the crew discovers a mysterious young woman who can control the vines. This is a very entertaining book and is one of those cases where the sequel is better than the original. The nature of the characters lends themselves to episodic adventures and the author of this story does not disappoint. If you enjoy Warhammer fiction or fantasy in general, I recommend this story. However, you may want to read the previous installment Wardens of the Iron Dragon first.
CL Werner’s 2018 novel Overlords of the Iron Dragon was a pacy, entertaining Age of Sigmar story and its sequel, Profit’s Ruin, hits many of the same notes and delivers a similarly fun, action-packed adventure.
It doesn’t veer too far from the template set out in Overlords, maintaining the same breezy pace and relatively straightforward narrative brought to life with inventive, entertaining set-pieces, so fans of the first book will find this easy to pick up, not to mention rewarding to revisit familiar characters. It’s very much a natural continuation of the same story, but when the characters and style are this much fun there’s nothing wrong with that!
Werner is the absolute master of the small cast adventure. His characters are very likable and they interact in a very lively manner. Even the simple plot of a crew of Kharadron Duardin seeking a legendary location is imbued with epic meeting. I heartily look forward to reading more of the adventures of Captain Brokrin and the crew of the Iron Dragon.
3'5⭐ Libro entretenido y sin grandes pretensiones que te adentra en las nuevas aventuras de los Corsarios de la Dragón de hierro. Si te gustó el primer libro y te quedaste con ganas de saber qué le espera a Brokrin y a su tripulación, no te defraudará.