Death's City

Blood on the Reik #2

by Sandy Mitchell

In the wild forests of the Warhammer world, there is never any chance of peace. Forced to flee from their home by witch hunters, Rudi and Hanna take refuge in Marienburg, but it soon becomes clear that life in the city is just as dangerous. Can Rudi come any closer to discovering the secret of his past before he is hunted down by the forces of Chaos?

Genres: Fantasy

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 25, 2005

About the author

Sandy Mitchell is a pseudonym of Alex Stewart, who has been a full-time writer since the mid nineteen eighties. The majority of his work as Sandy has been tie-in fiction for Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction lines. The exceptions have been a novelisation of episodes from the high tech thriller series Bugs, for which he also worked as a scriptwriter under his own name, some Warhammer roleplaying game material, and a scattering of short stories and magazine articles.

His hobbies include the martial arts of Aikido and Iaido, miniature wargaming, role-playing games, and pottering about on the family allotment.

He lives in the North Essex village of Earls Colne, with his wife Judith and daughter Hester.

Reviews

[AJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t like this one as much as the first one. The mystery felt a bit drawn out and not much happens for most of the book. Not a lot happens in the first one but there is a lot of character development for Hanna and Rudi. There is still some character development for Rudi in this book but Hanna is shunted off to the side and just left in limbo. The last 50 pages were quite exciting but it’s a bit a drag when you know there is another 400 page book to read. I’ll definitely finish the series but I don’t think it’s as good as Cain’s stories.

Side note: the cover art literally has nothing to do with the plot and that is actually a minor disappointment

[Brad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too slow. I hope the third has a pay out as the first wasn't bad...