GWS-BL2897 Games Workshop Black Library Warhammer 40,000: Brutal Kunnin

About This Book

Ufthak Blackhawk brings a Waaagh! down on Hephaesto, an Adeptus Mechanicus forge world stuffed with exactly the sort of loot an ork dreams about, and finds the place already under siege by Kaptin Badrukk and his Freebooterz. Two ork forces, one prize, and a warboss who orders them to co-operate.

Nobody involved wants to. Ufthak spends the book trying to make a name for himself by wrecking some of the Imperium's better-defended positions before Badrukk can take the credit, while Badrukk schemes, a new Imperial war machine appears on the horizon, and a persistently irritating grot refuses to go away.

The trick of the novel is that it is written from the ork point of view and takes them seriously as characters without ever pretending they are anything other than what they are. Ork logic is internally consistent, deeply stupid, and frequently correct, and the book gets a lot of mileage out of all three.

Who It's For

Ork players, who have waited a long time for a novel that puts them at the centre rather than in the way. Also anyone who wants to try Black Library without committing to a trilogy or a ten-thousand-year civil war: this is one standalone book, no prior reading, and a considerably lighter tone than most of the range.

If your usual complaint about grimdark is that it takes itself terribly seriously, this is the one to hand you.

Reference Numbers

BL2897