Vukotich volvió a tensarse y Genevieve le posó una mano sobre el pecho para contenerlo. Sintió que el corazón le latía con rapidez, y reparó en que estaban creciéndole las uñas, transformándose en garras. Recobró el control y las dagas de sus dedos mermaron. Vukotich estaba sangrando ligeramente por la boca, y se dio cuenta de que lo había herido al besarlo. Un estremecimiento de placer le recorrió el cuerpo cuando saboreó los restos de sangre. La tragó y se sintió reconfortada.

Seeing this collection reissued recently made me realise that I had never read two of the short stories and that needed to be changed! There are five stories in this collection, three have appeared in earlier collections whilst two are new. The three that have previously appeared are amongst the best short stories GW ever published. Kim Newman's blend of po-faced bombast and classic genre tropes really are wonderful. His writing shines and his descriptions are fantastic - this is writing that is both serious and silly all at once, just like the Warhammer setting. If you take it seriously you're missing half the fun! All three have their weaknesses, for example there is a jarring between the Old Woman and the child characters in No Gold that is designed to try and keep a secret of the obvious twist, or that there is a whole swathe of canon written in Ignorant Armies that is never touched on again (but should have been IMO). Of the final two, The Warhawk is the best, though the ending feels like a bit of a letdown, the final villain killed ironically but too easily perhaps. Ibby is supposed to be a fun story, but it feels like the writer is ashamed of his earlier work taking the setting seriously. There's a great story in there for sure, but the fourth wall is down and all the actors are trying to let the audience know how silly this is and that they know and you know and they know you know. Still, it doesn't break anything even if it is the last we ever hear of any of the characters, which is a shame. Bring 'em back and give them tragedy! ( )