Here, this is thankfully far more tempered and we see a more even presentation of their strengths and failings. While this was apparently a reaction to their Houdini-esque nature in repeatedly butting heads with Imperial organisations and pulling off insane stunts, its failing was it went to the other extreme, turning the chapter effectively into an embarrassment on par with Betrayer’s World Eaters. The entire book reads like this, and while to his credit Wraight seems to have acknowledged and accounted for criticisms of the prior book, this oddly manages to only hurt the story further.īlood of Asaheim’s main failing was that it repeatedly beat the reader over the head with the idea that the Space Wolves were little more than a backwards failure. The narrative doesn’t quite know what to do with certain characters, some sub-plots are dragged out without ever truly weaving into the main plotline, many characters are obvious sulfurous to the story, and even the protagonist lacks a distinctive arc. It’s the same sort of situation you may well have seen in media many times over, where a story is trying to move forwards but not everything is quite fitting together. If there is one word to truly describe Stormcaller it would be this: Rudderless. Even beyond this, the Imperial Church has its own interests in this world, and will stop at nothing to ensure that the Space Wolves never learn of their sins. As heartening as this news is, each among them knows that they will face judgement for their failings and questions surrounding the near corruption of one of their brothers. Having managed to hold back the Death Guard onslaught, word reaches Jarnhammer and their allies that reinforcements are inbound from both their chapter and the Ecclesiarchy. In all fairness it was, correcting a few prior issues, but as before this is one thoroughly undermined by a few distinct failings. Combined with mention that Njal Stormcaller himself was appearing, who had remained something of enigma even among fans, this one looked to be an improvement. It was set to truly finish off the prior novel’s events, which was little more than a “to be continued”, and perhaps accomplish more than disgracing both the Sororitas and Space Wolves alike. Combined with mention that Njal Stormcaller himself was appearing, who had remained something of enigma even among fans, this one looked to be an improvement After the mountain of problems which buried the sheer potential within Blood of Asaheim’s story ideas, Stormcaller was a chance to turn things around. After the mountain of problems which buried the sheer potential within Blood of Asaheim’s story ideas, Stormcaller was a chance to turn things around.
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