Warhammer: Matthias Thulmann: Witch Hunter Omnibus Book

OK, let's deal with the elephant in the room first of all. His name is MATHIAS, not Matthias. One T, not two. (I know, I know -- the cover photo. But that's how his name appears on every page of my copy of the book. And, in fact, on my copy's cover.)

With that behind us ...

This is an omnibus edition of three short stories and three novels about (surprise!) Mathias Thulmann, a Witch Hunter in the world of Warhammer, a setting (very) loosely based on medieval/Renaissance-era Europe. The action of the book takes place primarily in the local equivalent of the Holy Roman Empire -- middle ages Germany. But the feel of the books is decidedly more gothic (as in Hammer horror films, that is) -- Thulmann is equally at home with a flintlock as with a sword, which he uses in the pursuit of all manner of unclean things -- witches (of course), vampires, the odd necromancer, Skaven (Warhammer's race of chaos-tainted rat-men) ... Events are suitably grim and desperate and Werner does a fine job of conveying atmosphere.