Edition
- Author
- Guy Haley
- Publisher
- Black Library
- Series
- The End Times, book 4
Roles: Queek Headtaker (protagonist, Skaven); Belegar Ironhammer (supporting, Dwarfs); Skarsnik (supporting, Greenskins); Thorgrim Grudgebearer (supporting, Dwarfs).
Synopsis
Guy Haley's novel is book 4 of The End Times. In Skavenblight the verminlords plan to lead the skaven, while Queek Headtaker prepares his own assault on Karak Eight Peaks. In that hold, the jacket places two rival kings: the goblin Skarsnik and the dwarf Belegar.
At the same time Thorgrim Grudgebearer is in Karaz-a-Karak, and the jacket says he knows in his heart that he is watching the end of the dwarf empire. That is End Times fiction. It is not the state of a Dwarf campaign in Immortal Empires. The book comes after the Eight Peaks novels in publication order.
What the listening note adds
The listening note says the long war for Karak Eight Peaks is lost in this novel, and that several familiar characters meet their end. The story blurb itself stops at the preparations: Queek's assault, Belegar and Skarsnik in the depths, and Thorgrim in Karaz-a-Karak. The note is the part that states the loss.
Reading order
Publication order: 4.
In-universe order: 4.
Sources
- The Rise of the Horned Rat (MP3) — blacklibrary.com