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Zavant
Gentleman sage, ex-priest, and dabbler in the forbidden and arcane arts, Zavant Konniger risks everything to search for a mysterious and brutal murderer that stalks the dark streets of Altdorf with the coming of the Red Moon and that hides within the body of another being. Original.
288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Gordon Rennie
395 books34 followersFreelance writer for over 20 years – When he’s not being ungainfully employed as a BAFTA-nominated video games scriptwriter, he keeps himself busy writing comics, novels, screenplays and Doctor Who audio plays. Comics work includes Predator, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Missionary Man, Necronauts, Caballistics Inc and Absalom, and Dept. of Monsterology for Renegade.
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November 20, 2017
I really enjoyed this book, especially the last story, i liked who the writer handled all these critical moments, by giving a natural and orthological climax, not in need of a deus ex machina. Too bad there were no other books containg Konniger's adventures, he would have been (along with vido) as good as Gotrek and Felix, maybe even better.
Ps: I also liked the depiction of the reformed halfling (Vido), a figure i was suprised to see after tolkien's description.
Ps: I also liked the depiction of the reformed halfling (Vido), a figure i was suprised to see after tolkien's description.
February 2, 2022
I really loved this the first time i read it. The idea of a Sherlock character investigating supernatural crimes were new at the time and the Warhammer universe was perfect for such a character but it really suffers from the anthology structure due to being published in magazines first.
March 22, 2021
The older Warhammer Novels tend to tedious and boring. This one is very good. The one almost foreshadows just how good the Warhammer novels will be given time 🙌🏻🙏🏻
January 22, 2012
These book is a collection of short stories.
The first is called Buried Secrets, or the Affair of the Araby Exbiit. (26 pages)
The second is Red Moon over Altdorf, or the Case of the Morrsliebnacht Murders. (26 pages)
The third is The Politics of Shadow, or the Case of the Tilea Widow. (82 pages)
The fourth is The Horror at Alt Krantztein, or the Case of Twisted Man (with 142 pages has half of the book's pages.
This books is one of the more catching books I've ever read. I like it a lot and read it pretty quickly I must say. My favourite story it was the third and the fourth. The third is about a vampire who is attacking the city. But as the metal band Iron Maiden said in the music "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", " wait but there's two". The evil personage reminds me of Erzebeth Bathory the hungarian countess of the XV century
The last story is about the plague of chaos who is strenching to the most secured imperial places in Altdorf. This is the only story which Zavant has to leave Altdorf and go to the field. Here you see Zavant not only as Sherlock Holmes but as a fighter. (And a good one.) Like Indiana Jones (?)
In this tale we see two important characters which I think they will appear in other books like the CrimeLord Vesper klasst and the Imperial High Assassin Vaul Steiner. I would like to read a book about him.
Elegant touch, providing suspense, dark humour, bloodshed that makes it a page turner. The characters are quite good (great indeed) and an atmosphere that can only be described as Warhammer Noir.
10/10
The first is called Buried Secrets, or the Affair of the Araby Exbiit. (26 pages)
The second is Red Moon over Altdorf, or the Case of the Morrsliebnacht Murders. (26 pages)
The third is The Politics of Shadow, or the Case of the Tilea Widow. (82 pages)
The fourth is The Horror at Alt Krantztein, or the Case of Twisted Man (with 142 pages has half of the book's pages.
This books is one of the more catching books I've ever read. I like it a lot and read it pretty quickly I must say. My favourite story it was the third and the fourth. The third is about a vampire who is attacking the city. But as the metal band Iron Maiden said in the music "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", " wait but there's two". The evil personage reminds me of Erzebeth Bathory the hungarian countess of the XV century
The last story is about the plague of chaos who is strenching to the most secured imperial places in Altdorf. This is the only story which Zavant has to leave Altdorf and go to the field. Here you see Zavant not only as Sherlock Holmes but as a fighter. (And a good one.) Like Indiana Jones (?)
In this tale we see two important characters which I think they will appear in other books like the CrimeLord Vesper klasst and the Imperial High Assassin Vaul Steiner. I would like to read a book about him.
Elegant touch, providing suspense, dark humour, bloodshed that makes it a page turner. The characters are quite good (great indeed) and an atmosphere that can only be described as Warhammer Noir.
10/10
December 14, 2011
Après Wine of Dreams, j'avais besoin de quelque chose de mieux pour ne pas décrocher du style, je croyais le trouver avec Zavant, j'ai eu presque raison.
Je dois mettre tout de suite quelque chose au claire. Je ne suis pas un fan des mini-histoires. Je trouve que dès que tu commence à t'accrocher à l'histoire elle fini et tu dois te remettre dans le bain à nouveau.
Donc ce livre est excellent sur le point de vue de suivre une approche différente, mais mon fun à été coupé par les mini-histoires (surtout qu'on a jamais eu d'autre romans après). Sinon je dois dire que c'est très bon.
L'histoire parle d'un homme appeler Zavant et de son accolyte le halfling (dont je ne me rappel plus le nom). Zavant est un détective (un peu à la sherlock holmes mais qui fait des art-martiaux)et il enquête sur les multiples mystère qui entoure la vie dans la ville de Altdorf, capitale de l'empire.
Les histoires se tiennent, les enquêtes sont intéressante et les scènes d'action approprié aux personnages qui y participe.
Une bonne lecture en général qui perd une étoile car ce n'est pas un roman complet.
Je dois mettre tout de suite quelque chose au claire. Je ne suis pas un fan des mini-histoires. Je trouve que dès que tu commence à t'accrocher à l'histoire elle fini et tu dois te remettre dans le bain à nouveau.
Donc ce livre est excellent sur le point de vue de suivre une approche différente, mais mon fun à été coupé par les mini-histoires (surtout qu'on a jamais eu d'autre romans après). Sinon je dois dire que c'est très bon.
L'histoire parle d'un homme appeler Zavant et de son accolyte le halfling (dont je ne me rappel plus le nom). Zavant est un détective (un peu à la sherlock holmes mais qui fait des art-martiaux)et il enquête sur les multiples mystère qui entoure la vie dans la ville de Altdorf, capitale de l'empire.
Les histoires se tiennent, les enquêtes sont intéressante et les scènes d'action approprié aux personnages qui y participe.
Une bonne lecture en général qui perd une étoile car ce n'est pas un roman complet.
October 2, 2013
Sherlock Holmes meets WarHammer!!!
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