Skarsnik - Review
Link to the author's (Guy Haley) personal website
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Type: Book
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (18)
- Length (4 / 10)
Link to Goodreads
Blurb: The goblin chieftain Skarsnik’s name is known and feared throughout the Old World. When a greenskin horde threatens the borders of the Empire, the greatest military minds in Altdorf seek assistance from a most unlikely source – the disgraced poet Jeremiah Bickenstadt. Though long since consumed by madness, he claims to have spent a great deal of time in the company of the feared Warlord of the Eight Peaks, and can offer a unique insight into what it is that drives and motivates him. From humble beginnings, a monstrous legend is born.
Review: I absolutely adore goblins. I think it's becoming more common, and happily so, that a main character is a goblin in fantasy series. With all that love, this book is still pretty average though. It's not bad, nor is it great, just slightly above average. The perspective from the mad (playwright?) was a good way to introduce the story, and you do find yourself rooting for Skarsnik (the vile thing that he is). So this one's a pretty simple recommend from me, but it wouldn't feature on any of my best-of lists. Heads up that this is somehow involved in the Warhammer universe, this doesn't ruin anything for those not involved (i.e. me), but maybe it adds more for people who are in it.