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Black Library Advent Calendar 2019 #11
The Child Foretold
A Warhammer Horror story
A chance encounter sets a farmer on the path to destruction on a world being slowly choked by alien flora.
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Experience a tight, gripping thriller in which you won't be sure where the true threat lies until the final revelation…
THE STORY
On the agri world of Ballard's Run, an invasive alien weed is killing the crops and blighting the farmers who have dedicated their lives to working the land. Kavel is one such labourer. A former member of the planet's militia, he lost his family fighting the orks a decade ago. Now the so-called 'warrior weed' threatens to take all that he has left. But fate has other plans for him… A chance encounter with a wounded woman sets him on a collision course with a group that plans to bring destruction to Ballard's Run – and nothing will stand in their way.
A chance encounter sets a farmer on the path to destruction on a world being slowly choked by alien flora.
READ IT BECAUSE
Experience a tight, gripping thriller in which you won't be sure where the true threat lies until the final revelation…
THE STORY
On the agri world of Ballard's Run, an invasive alien weed is killing the crops and blighting the farmers who have dedicated their lives to working the land. Kavel is one such labourer. A former member of the planet's militia, he lost his family fighting the orks a decade ago. Now the so-called 'warrior weed' threatens to take all that he has left. But fate has other plans for him… A chance encounter with a wounded woman sets him on a collision course with a group that plans to bring destruction to Ballard's Run – and nothing will stand in their way.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 11, 2019
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About the author
Nicholas Kaufmann
37 books217 followersNicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker Award-, Thriller Award-, Shirley Jackson Award-, and Dragon Award-nominated author of numerous books and stories. In addition to his own work, he has written for such properties as Zombies vs. Robots, The Rocketeer, and Warhammer. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife.
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January 4, 2020
Nicholas Kaufmann’s debut for Black Library is a tale of loss, loneliness and belonging for an isolated man. Kavel Trake was once a soldier in the militia, until the orks came to Ballard’s Run. When a dying woman stumbles onto his secluded farm and begs him to care for a babe in arms, he finds a sense of newfound purpose and the beginnings of a dark path. It’s melancholic and quietly domestic, but things lose a bit of impact as the narrative comes into focus and the darkness at its heart changes from implied to in-your-face, and it never really goes beyond mildly creepy in places.
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