Heldenhammer
Book One of the Sigmar Trilogy
It is a time of legends. The lands of the old World are wild and untamed, where the primitive tribes of men struggle for survival. In this time of peril, by virtue of his valorous deeds, a young man claims leadership of the Unberogen tribe. His name is Sigmar Heldenhammer, and his actions will change history forever. This is the story of how Sigmar rose to power, culminating in the Battle of Black Fire Pass, where men and dwarfs fought against the vast hordes of orcs in their quest to safeguard the future of the Empire.
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April 2008 • softback, 416pp • ISBN 9781844165384
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Customer reviews
The rise of the Empire- well worth a read.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tyrannofex
One word describes this book: 'epic'. Divided into 3 'books': Forging the Man, Foging the Kind and Forging the Legend, it is nicely broken up into relative parts. McNeil once maore fails to disappoint, and though the run-up to the more exciting parts can become tedious, from about page 200 onwards, the book only goes uphill, and action-packed. However, there are very exciting parts before this (such as an Orc asssault on a human village in the second chapter), it is after this poin that the book goes from good to excellent. To conclude, an extrememly good book and start of an epic series!
Great book
Rated 5 out of 5 by Robert
Amazing book really in-depth and makes you sympathize with sigmar for his loss
Alright.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Josh
I grabbed the all three Sigmar books because when I saw the God-King Poster I was taken aback. Now, I have read all of the Horus Heresy books that Graham McNeil had written, and frankly I find his writing style a bit lacking until Thousand Sons. I didn't expect a masterpiece from this book, but it wasn't as bad as his early books such as Nightbringer or Fulgrim. He significantly improved his dialogs to make them less cheesy, but his "epic battles" continue to have countless details that don't allow the story to flow as well as it should. However other than the writing, the story is good.
A five day read
Rated 5 out of 5 by Meatholes
I knew about this book when it first came out 4 years ago and just never bothered to give it a shot. Finally, I bought the first installment and blasted throught it in 5 days and ordered Empire and God King about half way through the book. So, now im sitting here waiting for the UPS guy to show up at my door so I can continue this epic story. This is my first book by McNeil that I have read and I have nothing but good things to say about him. Keep up the good work and hopefully we will see a Time of Lengends seris about the Slayer King and maybe some back story as to Gotreks terrible sin.
AMAZING
Rated 5 out of 5 by warboss
great book this is a book that makes u feel like you are sigmar absolutley amazing!