Dead Ball - Blood Bowl, Bk 2 Author:Matt Forbeck Book 2 in the riotous new Blood Bowl series. In a fantasy kingdom where violence is a way of life, the number one sport is Blood Bowl -- gridiron football where anything goes. Dirk 'Dunk' Hoffnung has already tasted the high life as a star Blood Bowl player but now he has to start all over again in the Goblin Leagues!