William King continues the style in which Gotrek and Felix now have come to Nuln to seek out missions wich either may bring an honorable death to Gotrek, large quantities of beer or a considerable sum of money in that order. Here they encounter in the ratmen, also called Skaven, and through the few short stories defeats them with more or less success throughout the book. In all the stores some of the characters become consistent and you start to gain a thorough picture of how the Skaven society functioning. The book ends with a long adventure that creates chaos and turmoil throughout the city. This is quite an entertaining book, where the others in the series are very dark and sombre.Skavens are a conceited and conspiring, but probably most of all naive race. Or are they…
