'Its face had no flesh. Greenish light flickered in its empty sockets. Age-rotten teeth smirked from the fleshless, lipless mouth. Its helm was verdigrised bronze and inscribed with runs that hurt the eye. The smell of mould and rotten leather rose from its tunic and tattered cloak. The thing lashed out with its rusty blade and Erich felt pain sear his side. He countered with a high blow to the neck, his body responding with trained discipline even as his mind reeled in horror.
The Warhammer world is a place where the very earth is imbued with the stuff of magic. It is the most potent of forces and those who seek to master it may garner unimaginable power - or have their minds shattered and their bodies twisted beyond recognition.
Necromancers, sorcerers, wizards, mighty warriors bestowed with weapons imbued with the essence of fearsome daemons roam the dark lands, followed by the mindless bestial spawn which is all that remains of those who have gambled with the unearthly realms and lost.
This anthology includes work by noted SF/Fantasy novelists Brian Stableford (writing as Brian Craig), William King and others.
