Realm Quest: City of Lifestone- Tom Huddleston

Publish Date: 19 February 2019
Publisher: Black Library
Pages: 208
Series: Realm Quest
Format Read: Kindle on I-phone

Blurp:

Raised as a slave in the Darkoath camps of Aqshy, Kiri dreams of a better life. Of a city of wonders, the place of her birth… Lifestone! She despairs of ever reaching it until a fateful day arrives when her barbarian captors are attacked by Sigmar’s noblest warriors, the Stormcast Eternals. Seizing her chance, Kiri flees through a mysterious realmgate that takes her far from the fiery lands of Aqshy. She arrives in the realm of Ghyran and finds the city of Lifestone. But a curse lies on this place, withering its noble spirit. Her path leads her to a special group of children who, like her, are realm-marked – the prophecised saviours of Lifestone. There’s Thanis, the fighter; Alish, the inventor; Kaspar; the sneak and Elio, the healer. But dark forces are allying against the children and will do anything to stop them achieving their destiny.

Thoughts:

I might have stated this in a previous post somewhere that Black Library was releasing a kids version of stories set both in 40K and Age of Sigmar. I have read the first two in the 40K series and have enjoyed it for what it was; easy reading material for days where I could not focus on reading at all. Lifestone being book one in the AoS side of things helps us get to know the new world in quite a rapid introduction. We are literally flung through a gate into another place that is in equal turmoil as the place we start of alongside Kiri. I am reading these books in preparation for my journey into the Realm of Sigmar, I have been stuck on a book for the last 4 months due to my lack of interest in the setting. I thought this would help ease me in more gently, these kids do not take crap though, facing things I would’ve easily run from if I was that age…

There is set up to the Skaven that seem to have a main role in book two, that I also have on my phone to dive in next, I am looking forward to it. I gave Lifestone a 3 out of 5 on GR and I treated it as a comic book/ graphic novel, its a standard rating from me. To be a 4 or 5 there needs to be some strings pulled. This was a fun read though do not take me wrong.

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