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Warhammer Horror #Omnibus
Unholy: Tales of Horror and Woe from the Imperium
A Warhammer Horror Anthology
The 41st Millennium is scary enough, but it becomes truly terrifying in these four Warhammer Horror tales. Not even the God-Emperor can protect you as you explore the darkest corners of the grim, dark future. Are your nerves up to it?
READ IT BECAUSE
It's a chilling collection of Warhammer Horror fiction, where the victims of this vast and lonely galaxy are pushed to their limit.
DESCRIPTION
Amidst the bloody wars, fanatical cults, and mad tyrants of the Imperium, there lurks a far quieter horror. Valgaast is an entity that compels and corrupts. Darker than the pits of hell, incomprehensible as death, it seeps into the hearts and minds of those weakened by misfortune.
A premature heiress grieving the loss of her family. A bleak man of faith with unquenchable desires. A woman whose broken memories replay terrible violence. A little town left to rot in a sun-scorched wasteland. Such victims are easy prey for a being like Valgaast – and through its malicious intent, they are pushed to their very limits.
CONTENTS
– The Oubliette by J C Stearns
– Sepulturum by Nick Kyme
– The Deacon of Wounds by David Annandale
– The Bookkeeper's Skull by Justin D Hill
The 41st Millennium is scary enough, but it becomes truly terrifying in these four Warhammer Horror tales. Not even the God-Emperor can protect you as you explore the darkest corners of the grim, dark future. Are your nerves up to it?
READ IT BECAUSE
It's a chilling collection of Warhammer Horror fiction, where the victims of this vast and lonely galaxy are pushed to their limit.
DESCRIPTION
Amidst the bloody wars, fanatical cults, and mad tyrants of the Imperium, there lurks a far quieter horror. Valgaast is an entity that compels and corrupts. Darker than the pits of hell, incomprehensible as death, it seeps into the hearts and minds of those weakened by misfortune.
A premature heiress grieving the loss of her family. A bleak man of faith with unquenchable desires. A woman whose broken memories replay terrible violence. A little town left to rot in a sun-scorched wasteland. Such victims are easy prey for a being like Valgaast – and through its malicious intent, they are pushed to their very limits.
CONTENTS
– The Oubliette by J C Stearns
– Sepulturum by Nick Kyme
– The Deacon of Wounds by David Annandale
– The Bookkeeper's Skull by Justin D Hill
368 pages, Paperback
First published February 9, 2023
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December 30, 2023
I am currently on a binge of Warhammer 40K books.
Fancying a change of pace, I picked up this book of short stories.
I have to say it was interesting to read things from the point of view of normal humans in the Imperium. As exciting as it is to read books around the Astartes etc this book brought about a new perspective. One that truly described and showed how crap it is to live as a human in this time.
Personally I felt the stories got better as they went along. I enjoyed the first one (The Oubliette) although felt it was a little slow to start and it was probably my least favourite of the four.
My favourite two stories out of the collection were Sepulturum and The Deacon of wounds. I don’t want to spoil them, but they definitely kept me awake wanting to keep reading to find out what an earth was going to happen.
There is a lot of death, some well described and interesting ‘monsters/evil’ and some good twists in some of the stories.
They definitely give an interesting description on how the normal person lives (or doesn’t)
Fancying a change of pace, I picked up this book of short stories.
I have to say it was interesting to read things from the point of view of normal humans in the Imperium. As exciting as it is to read books around the Astartes etc this book brought about a new perspective. One that truly described and showed how crap it is to live as a human in this time.
Personally I felt the stories got better as they went along. I enjoyed the first one (The Oubliette) although felt it was a little slow to start and it was probably my least favourite of the four.
My favourite two stories out of the collection were Sepulturum and The Deacon of wounds. I don’t want to spoil them, but they definitely kept me awake wanting to keep reading to find out what an earth was going to happen.
There is a lot of death, some well described and interesting ‘monsters/evil’ and some good twists in some of the stories.
They definitely give an interesting description on how the normal person lives (or doesn’t)
December 18, 2023
A collection of short(er) stories focused on the often overlooked horror of the imperium. Fucking fantastic
March 17, 2025
The Oubliette: 5 stars
The Deacon of Wounds: 4 stars
The Bookkeeper's Skull: 3 stars
Sepulturum: 2 stars
The Deacon of Wounds: 4 stars
The Bookkeeper's Skull: 3 stars
Sepulturum: 2 stars
January 16, 2026
Stories were good
November 5, 2024
tories from the Warhammer Horror series tend to be fairly standalone requiring little knowledge of previous lore. One fun thing to look for in these books is that the mysterious word Valgaast (or Murghast in the Age of Sigmar setting) always seems to appear somewhere; sometimes prominently and sometimes as a mere passing reference. No one seems to know if it’s building toward some big uniting plot or it’s just a fun little Easter egg game the writers are playing.
As is usual with an anthology, quality varies. In this collection we have four novellas:
The Oubliette – a “descent into madness/evil” kind of story that is probably the best of the lot. (4 out of 5)
Sepulturum – basically a zombie story with other elements grafted on that (to me) make very little sense and make this the weakest story. (2.5 out of 5)
he Deacon of Wounds – A gross body horror tale with a heaping side of “descent into madness/evil.” (3.5 out of 5)
The Bookkeeper’s Skull – A “something is killing people off one by one” kind of story with incredibly ham-handed foreshadowing that (on the plus side) does manage to show just how harsh and uncaring the Imperium is for the average subject. (3 out of 5)
As is usual with an anthology, quality varies. In this collection we have four novellas:
The Oubliette – a “descent into madness/evil” kind of story that is probably the best of the lot. (4 out of 5)
Sepulturum – basically a zombie story with other elements grafted on that (to me) make very little sense and make this the weakest story. (2.5 out of 5)
he Deacon of Wounds – A gross body horror tale with a heaping side of “descent into madness/evil.” (3.5 out of 5)
The Bookkeeper’s Skull – A “something is killing people off one by one” kind of story with incredibly ham-handed foreshadowing that (on the plus side) does manage to show just how harsh and uncaring the Imperium is for the average subject. (3 out of 5)
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