Story of warrior not used to fight from shadows [but bound by oath to follow commands of his master that constantly put him in the shadows] seeking a purpose, raison-de-vivre, to which to lend its sword. Even if you are not into Warhammer this is great, although short, story of adventure, betrayal and finding ones purpose in life. Not to mention descriptions of Terra at the time of Horus Heresy.

Highly recommended. ( )

I hate the limited edition bullshit Black Library pulls with its artificial scarcity and value creation, but it's undeniable that the books are very pretty and I have spent more than I would like to admit on them in the past. The stories themselves have been hit or miss with the best augmenting and adding depth to a character, event, or book that, while not essential, adds something meaningful or is at least a good story.

Garro: Vow of Faith does manage to deliver, despite it taking me a while to really get into this without Toby Longworth doing the hard work for me.

Garro is questioning his faith and the sketchy services he provides Rancid Rincewind, so he is granted leave to go on a little pilgrimage to see his old friend, Euphrati Keeler, the Living Saint. He's no the only one looking for her as that darn Chaos-powered assassin from Nemesis all the ways back when.

This isn't my favourite Garro story, but it adds a lot of colour to the current situation with the burgeoning faith that will come to be the Imperial Creed and we get to check back in with the old Iterator, Sinderman, and the Saint Keeler, as well as getting the end to the Nemesis storyline, and get to see Garro really go through it mentally and physically as he wrestles with his faith and his duty. There are also flame demon weapon fire bullets, which are pretty cool.

Definitely not required reading, but thoroughly entertaining, especially for a Garro fangirl like myself. ( )