The Corrupted (Warhammer)
January of 2009 I read four books apart from this one. The others being The Joan-Arc Replay by Pierre Barbet, Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith (didn't finished it), On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony and Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie.I try to read a book by Black Library per month. Since I have them all and they release at least 3 books per month you can see how this is going to be a problem... but well, I will work it out.
Before reading this novel I've only had read a short story by Robert Earl in one of the annual anthologies. I enjoyed it and since then I wanted to read a novel by him. I hadon my desk for some time the Burning Shore but never got pick up to read. That and Titanicus by Dan Abnett.
Well now for the book...
This book was a little different from the others I've read before by Black Library. It felt like a quest (maybe that's because in the cover it says Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay the table game of Warhammer).
One thing I liked to say it's that this book need more pages. Maybe the standard 416 pages. But in the end it was good. This book is a stand alone and feel like it.
The story involves a rogue wizard fleeing the Empire and a bunch of fanatic team of witch hunters on pursuit. They are led to the Northern Wastes and then the main plot really begins.
There are many sub-plots and clues and the end is unpredictable and makes you wonder what happening next. Obvious it's not going to be a sequel but that's fine. It makes you wonder and that's what I want from this book... They make my imagination work and think for myself.
I enjoyed the novel and problably it could have had more pages...
There were many characters but I think the writer could have got a better insight on some of them. But of course, the 256 pages didn't helped. Titus was my favourite character. Nicely conceived novel to hardcore fans or not.
