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Hammers of Ulric is a co-written Dan Abnett early Warhammer Fantasy novel, set among the Knights of the White Wolf, the Cult of Ulric's militant arm based in the Empire city of Middenheim. Three knights are investigating what looks like a routine Chaos cult and turns out to be much larger.
The three-author structure shows. Each protagonist gets a section and the sections do not always feel like they belong to the same book. The Middenheim geography is well-rendered. The Cult of Ulric material has the kind of religious-militancy atmosphere that the better Black Library novels reach for.
Three stars. Recommended to Warhammer Fantasy completists and to Abnett early-work fans.
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