The Bookkeeper's Skull

Warhammer Horror

De: Justin D Hill

Narrado por: Matthew Hunt

Duración: 4 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

A Warhammer Horror Story

Follow in the footsteps of Rudgard Howe, an enforcer cadet who, while on their first mission and embroiled in an embittered succession battle back home, uncovers a heinous sanguinary cult....

Listen to it because: in the grim darkness of the far future, horror lies in the most unlikely of places, as a routine investigation becomes something all the more sinister.

The story: on the capital world of Potence, young enforcer cadet Rudgard Howe is caught up in a bitter internecine feud to inherit his father's position of chief enforcer. As the tithe fleets approach, he is sent on his first mission to ensure that the planet's distant agri-facilities fulfil their quotas to the god-emperor. Farmed with serfs and managed by ex-Militarum soldiers, the agri-facilities are places of shocking brutality and hopelessness. But when he is sent to the outlying farmstead of Thorsarbour, Rudgard discovers a community where the crops are left to rot as the inhabitants indulge in the bloody ecstasy of a sanguinary cult. As Rudgard imposes the strict Lex Imperialis upon the farmstead, he begins to uncover a place where sanity is rapidly slipping. Just a single step into his nightmarish mission though, a series of cruel deaths threatens to dismantle everything he has ever known about the Imperium, his faith in the emperor and the strength of his very soul.

Written by Justin D Hill. Narrated by Matthew Hunt.

©2021 Games Workshop Limited (P)2021 Games Workshop Limited

Should be a Warhammer Crime Novel

This felt more like a thriller or mystery style book than a horror story. It's a good book but I think it being under the Horror tagline is not accurate.

Either way. Enjoyable.

one of the best warhammer horror

was one of the better books in the warhammer horror line. I really liked the child's toy servitor bits

Amazing project!

I am not generally a horror genre fan but these WH Horror books do not disappoint! Plenty of intrigue and great voice work. Highly recommended

Really not that scary

I feel like it was given away too early what had happened. It packed action and the story, while well written lacked real suspense.

Horror on an isolated farm .

This story is about how frightening it is to realize a corn field will swallow you up.
Very Stephen King like

Quite a good story!

The Bookkeeper's Skull does a great job of taking some very classic horror elements, and bringing them into the 40K setting. These include an isolated town, a creepy cult, and others I will not share to avoid spoilers.

I did find the ending a bit anticlimactic, though. It just felt sort of rushed, and did not have the same suspense that the rest of the book, especially the middle, had.

Fantastic

Great setting for the story. I was a little wary of another book set on an Agri world but the focus highlights different aspects than The Oubliette. Outstanding main character, the point of view served this story well. its quick and the end is a bit anticlimactic for me but the entire story is more than worth it. Doesn't seem like the novel to get a sequel but I look forward to more horror entries by the author.

Normal 40k.

It was a good story, well read. I enjoyed it, but... normal 40k is horror! There is always scary killing things. Would like to hear more storied about this character.

Solid Workaday Horror

A solid tale of murder and mystery amidst a believably established Grimdark setting. Mundane & grotesque all at once. Well executed.

Actually Good Writing

Let's be real, Warhammer books aren't always the best. This one is pretty good, though. I didn't figure out the killer until about five minutes before it was revealed. Good all around.