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killerwolf96's review
4.0
Reiksguard is the first book in the Empire Army series of Warhammer Fantasy (They can be read in any order though).
This novel was pretty fun, not too amazing or too offensive. It follows a group of young Empire men as they train to become elite Reiksguard knights, loyal to the Emperor. The first part of the book deals with the training necessary to become such an elite warrior, and it's here that the Reiksguard initiates butt heads with each other and form their friendships. An interesting aspect is that the men from the heartland of the Empire see themselves apart from the 'backwater' provincials, and it is an underlying current throughout the novel.
The second half is the battle part, culminating in a pitched battle between Empire forces and Orcs led by an Ogre. The battle was decently written, and the Greenskin leaders were good characters and lent an interesting slant to the often faceless horde of bad guys. Oh, also Karl Franz shows up on Deathclaw at some point and that's fucking awesome.
This novel was pretty fun, not too amazing or too offensive. It follows a group of young Empire men as they train to become elite Reiksguard knights, loyal to the Emperor. The first part of the book deals with the training necessary to become such an elite warrior, and it's here that the Reiksguard initiates butt heads with each other and form their friendships. An interesting aspect is that the men from the heartland of the Empire see themselves apart from the 'backwater' provincials, and it is an underlying current throughout the novel.
The second half is the battle part, culminating in a pitched battle between Empire forces and Orcs led by an Ogre. The battle was decently written, and the Greenskin leaders were good characters and lent an interesting slant to the often faceless horde of bad guys. Oh, also Karl Franz shows up on Deathclaw at some point and that's fucking awesome.
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