Genevieve Undead

Warhammer Horror

By: Kim Newman

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

A Warhammer Horror novel.

Dark and terrible secrets may be found lurking within the cities of the Old World and the savage wilderness that surrounds them. Genevieve Dieudonné, vampire heroine of Drachenfels, battles to outwit adversaries both magical and mundane, human and beast, in this series of three linked novellas: Stage Blood, The Cold Stark House and Unicorn Ivory.

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One of the masters of modern horror fiction turns his hand to a trio of terrifying tales set in the world-that-was. If you enjoyed Drachenfels and want to see more of the vampire heroine Genevieve, this is your next stop.

Description:

There are many secrets in the dark places of the Old World. From the cities of the Empire, where men huddle together in defiance of the darkness that sweeps across the land, to the vast, savage forests that house all manner of terrible beasts, everywhere you look there is a dark tale or ancient legend waiting to be unearthed. For the vampire Genevieve Dieudonné, several of these ancient horrors and blood-soaked nightmares are about to come to light, as she is plunged into battles for her life and her very soul across three linked novellas.

Embarking on an odyssey of self-discovery, she must face monsters and magicians, intrigue and evil. Her journey takes her from the depths of an old theater to an accursed mansion under a deadly Gothic spell, and finally to the hunt of a savage unicorn mare through haunted forests.

Written by Kim Newman.

Narrated by Antonia Beamish.

©2019 Games Workshop Limited (P)2019 Games Workshop Limited

More of an Anthology

The first story of the book led me to believe that this would be a good follow up to Drachenfels, and indeed it does give a good bit of epilogue to that story. After the first third however, it becomes more of an anthology of loosely connected stories with our resident vampire as the string holding it all together. Though this starts out well enough, it runs out of steam rather quickly and made the grind to the finish rather difficult. Still, you have the classic Warhammer weirdness, so it's not entirely without charm or merit.

another good book

it was a good book about three stories the 1st was my favorite story

Fun Warhammer Fantasy

I would not call this Warhammer Horror. it has some horror character tropes, but really this is a gun Jaunt through the Old World and feels more akin to the era when WHFB had more RPG influences than tabletop. A great sequel to Drachenfels, with many fun and interesting characters.

Warhammer fantasy at its best

if you love warhammer before age of sigmar this is a must. great stoies, i would love to hear more by kim newmann

the best of warhammer fiction

This is the best of warhammer fiction. Really. Newman understands that the point of this is to just have fun.

Another great Warhammer fantasy book. More please.

This novel is a collection of short stories following the events in the Drachenfels novel. I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to the remaining two books in the series when they are released on audible. the story was fun and the narrator did a great job. The only problem was that there no more novels presently for Warhammer fantasy other than the last two Gotrek and Felix novels. Please, Audible and Black Library put out more of the Warhammer fantasy audiobooks, other than the Age of Sigmar and 40k, I would love to listen to the rest of Gotrek and Felix or the Brunner series.

I love Genevieve

I want more of this character. She is by far one of the most interesting vampires I've had the pleasure of reading about.

Not like Drachenfels

It was way too sexual and gross, I couldn't even get through half because of the casual Sexual assault. I don't remember Genevieve being so young either, I thought she was at least 18. I liked Drachenfels better, I don't remember there being nearly as much sex in that one and I'm pretty sure there wasn't any SA.

Disappointing

Kim Newman is content paying homage to masterpieces rather than writing his own and his work suffers for it.

What could have been an exciting new chapter in the story of Detlef Sierck, Genevieve and company is instead a remix of other better works he, Kim, himself admires. If you're obsessed with Dr. Jekyll and Phantom of the Opera, you'll love this, but if you're like me and were expecting some sort of continuation in the exciting lives of our beloved characters set in the Warhammer world, you will be sorely disappointed.

This book really is just a Dr. Jekyll x Phantom of the Opera fanfic set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. It is very enjoyable, but very predictable and cliche.