This isn't the greatest piece of that whole, but it's awfully good reading nonetheless, and as good a starting point as any. He has written a wide selection of Warhammer fantasy novels, including the Blackhearts trilogy and the adventures of Ulrika the vampire. Kim Newman's work is a whole universe of its own (as evidenced by the fact that Genevieve, the lead character of this book, would later turn up in the otherwise unrelated Anno Dracula Novels). I also found the inclusion of a senile noble who spends all his time playing with lead figures to be an amusing little touch. Gore is matched by character development, and for every requisite reference to a Warhammer staple, there's something more literary thrown in for good measure. Now, playwright Detlef Sierck plans a production showing these events at the site of the necromancers death. See the complete The Vampire Genevieve series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. However, the prologue soon comes to an end, and it is revealed that this is not a book about battling an evil spellcaster instead, it's about staging a play in honor of the past battle! The potentially dry subject matter doesn't prevent a fair amount of chaos and carnage from taking place during the course of the story, but there's subtlety blended with the pulp. Drachenfels (Vampire Genevieve Book 1) by Kim Newman (Author) (103) A Warhammer Horror novel Many years ago, the Great Enchanter Drachenfels was defeated by brave adventurers. by Jack Yeovil & Kim Newman includes books Drachenfels Warhammer, Genevieve Undead, Beasts in Velvet, and several more. The book starts off as one might expect a Warhammer novel to begin, with the requisite questing heroes and gritty violence. Of course, leave it to Kim Newman to do something clever where the formulaic would have sufficed.
However, I also recognize that the whole thing is a bit silly, and it's not something which I expected would spawn a whole lot of noteworthy fiction.
I enjoy Warhammer a great deal, and I have to confess to having wasted a good few hours of my life painting little metal figures. Twenty-five years after the defeat of the Great Enchanter Drachenfels, a play is to be staged in honor of his defeat in the fortress where the final battle took place. (Warhammer Fantasy Fiction edition - American reissue)Ģ71 pages (Warhammer Fantasy Fiction edition) October, 2001 (Warhammer Fantasy Fiction edition - American reissue) Combined By Edition Combined Summary Series:
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