Plague Demon — Brian Craig

D0 YOU THINK it's easy to be a hero?' Averil said to him. 'Do you think you can carry daemon-slaying knives without cost? Do you think that the curse with which the Lazarite tried to damn your soul is an untroublesome thing to bear, to be shrugged off like a little scratch? Harmis Detz, this entire nation is under a curse, and will fall to the forces of Chaos and the foul breath of plague unless we can save it.

IN THE WILDEST reaches of the Border Princes, the kingdom of Khypris is thrown into turmoil when barbarian tribes descend upon its rich, fertile lands. Soldier of fortune Harmis Detz finds himself fighting more than mere human enemies when a cruel twist of fate sucks him into a far more desperate endeavour -- to find the real source of the evil that threatens Khypris. Can Harmis and his companions possibly triumph against such a foul and unnatural adversary as a servant of Nurgle, lord of pestilence?

Plague Daemon is the second of the three tales narrated by Orfeo the minstrel. These classic fantasy stories were first published in the 1990s, and are now represented in a new edition to find favour with Warhammer fans old and new alike.