Space Wolf: Omnibus 2 (Space Wolf Series) Book

A collection of three books out of the 400 + written in the Warhammer series. King has penned only four of those (the second author, Lee Lightner, is actually two fans of the series). I avoid books based upon games usually finding them poorly written. I read this one because a friend gave it to me and I couldn't put it off any longer. In these Covid-times, it was the perfect book to whisk me away from e-teaching duties. I shouldn't have like it: unashamedly derivative of Viking mythic culture and Klingon, as well as abundantly using anachronistic words of Norse, Greek and Latin mythic origins (These books take place tens of thousands of years in the future), the prose is luridly violent and melodramatic, it is necessary to suspend belief consistently, there is a question of whether this is sci. fi. or fantasy as there is magic everywhere (machines have machine spirits controlled by Iron Priests), and it is often overwritten. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters were stereotypes but they were good ones and well depicted (as were the characters in the original Star Wars films). If you are going to derive characters and actions from anything, let it be from that which seems to stir the collective unconscious, and these three books do. The action was non-stop and the characters were riddled with angst (that's the Klingon Worf thing). As for the luridness and overwriting, it made the 760 pages move quicker as I was able skim large sections, something I seldom do. Will I read others? Unlikely. As enjoyable as it was to stomp in the mud a bit, too many other books call.