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Blood Of Aenarion (2011)

by William King(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1849700915 (ISBN13: 9781849700917)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Games Workshop

series

Tyrion & Teclis

review 1: I am still torn between four and five stars rating, but decided to be generous, even if the book is not quite on the level of the Sundering trilogy. It tells to story of two twins - Tyrion, who is athletic, strong, handsome and exceptionally gifted warrior and tactician and Teclis, who is sickly, vulnerable, but extremely powerful magician. Together they become the greatest warriors of their era and here we see their humble beginnings, two youths from the home of a magician with moderate talent, possibly curses from the madness, which consumed their legendary ancestor Aenarion and his mad son Malekith, the Witch King of Naggorth. To test these, the two kids travel to Lothern, where the new Phoenix King Finubar rules and later to the sacred Shrine of Asuryan. But an ancient... more enemy is coming to them - N'Kari, a powerful daemon who serves the horrific chaos god Slaanesh and is a sworn enemy of Aenarion. Now he plans his vengeance - all children of his old nemesis must die...The book is very well written and sometimes Tyrion and Teclis reminded me of Pug and Tomas from the classic Riftwar saga, while in other the story resembles "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks and the deadly fight to survival of descendants of a legendary king. In the end however Warhammar has its own unique charm and William King is gifted enough to have his own style and to use it well. He tells a captivating story with charming heroes, horrifying villains, vivid descriptions and fantastic battles, which is everything a good Warhammer story needs. The prologue of the novel, which allows the reader to see the ancient past and the last stand of Aenarion was exceptional.
review 2: I've been waiting to read a new Bill King Warhammer novel for some time and was very pleased with this book. Although it's interesting to read about the renowned elven twins as teens, what I like most are the comparisons of High Elves to Dark Elves. One might think that one race is good, while the other is simply evil, but King describes the two elven sects as relatively the same, only the Dark Elves are a bit more extreme in their desires and passions. I found all this fascinating!Looking forward to reading the second book in the trilogy soon... less

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