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Cover of Marienburg's Stand by David Guymer

Marienburg's Stand

Setting
Warhammer Fantasy
Type
Short Story
First published
24 Feb 2015
Length
30 pp · ~33m read
Rating
3.6592 ratingsRating distribution: 1-star: 0 · 2-star: 6 · 3-star: 36 · 4-star: 34 · 5-star: 16. See the reviews on Goodreads (opens in a new tab)10 reviews on Goodreads  (opens in a new tab)
ISBN-13
9781782518167
Featuring
The EmpireVampire CountsAltdorfMarienburg

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Synopsis

The End Times are coming. When death falls upon the free city of Marienburg, in the form of the hordes of Chaos commanded by the dread Glottkin, the fractious citizens of the town must rally together to hold the foe back. Unexpected aid, in the form of the vampire gangster Mundvard the Cruel, comes, but can the citizens of Marienburg accept it? Will they be damned by association with the vile undead, or will they forfeit their lives – and souls – to Chaos? Read it because This prequel to The Fall of Altdorf takes the same main premise as the novel – humans and undead in an uneasy alliance against Chaos – but takes it in a very different, though perhaps equally tragic, direction…