After the standout success of the Eisenhorn and Ravenor series, Dan Abnett continues his epic through the eyes of Alizebeth “Beta” Bequin in Penitent , as she starts to put her skill and power to good use. There's a lot of horror going on here. There's plenty of blood and viscera and horrible murders, but much more than that, there's a deeper look at fear, isolation, paranoia and the nightmarish realities of social inequality and exploitation -these writ as large and gruesome as possible in the very old Warhammer tradition. Here the rich quite literally eat the working class.

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Prepare for a gruesome and dark murder mystery novel in the gritty Warhammer 40,000 universe with the incredible and awesome Warhammer Crime novel, Grim Repast by Marc Collins. So far there have been five Warhammer Crime e-shorts, released in September 2022 as ‘Warhammer Crime Week’. Varangantua is but one city among billions, but in it we see a microcosm of the people who make up the Imperium of Mankind. Not the warriors who sell their lives dearly on battlefields far from home, but rather the downtrodden and desperate who do what they must to survive. Quillon Drask is just one such citizen, fighting his own battles to root out the truth, no matter how ugly.But onto the point of this post, I think this book provides a new contender for the title of oldest mortal. However, what might drive someone to serve a particular part of Chaos? I could understand Slaanesh allowing you to live out your deepest, darkest fantasies without shame. Tzeentch could promise opportunities to actually change things for the better. Darius Hinks: I’ve always loved writing Warhammer Age of Sigmar stories, but Dominion was a high point. The Mortal Realms have grown stranger, more detailed, and more dangerous with every incarnation and, in this novel, I had a chance to describe characters who are not only trying to survive, but launching an epic crusade right into the heart of the madness. Dieses Buch bewegt sich irgendwo zwischen den Reihen Warhammer Crime und Warhammer Horror. Offiziell gehört es dem ersten an, was aufgrund seiner Noir-Elemente auch korrekt ist, aber inhaltlich passt es auch in die letzte Sparte. The World Eaters are leaderless – their Primarch is missing, and Khârn lies in a coma. Will the Eighth Captain awaken in time to stop his Legion from tearing itself apart, or will he be the one to doom them? This novel is now available in a special edition, strictly limited to 1,500 copies worldwide. It features a faux leather cover, an introduction by author Anthony Reynolds, and the short story Chosen of Khorne.

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Es hat mehr Stimmung und vor allem auch etwas mehr Spannung in der Handlung, ausserdem wurde ich weniger durch die vielen unbekannten Namen verwirrt. Ansonsten sind beide Bücher sehr gute Warhammer-Titel, die einen auch mal ins Leben abseits der Schlachtfelder mitnehmen, aber auch zeigen, dass auch dort Krieg herrscht. Einfach in anderer Form. That’s right, the Tanith First and Only are coming – behold the stars of Dan Abnett’s seminal novel series . Gaunt’s Ghosts If you’re not familiar, Gaunt’s Ghosts are the protagonists of the long-running series depicting the trials and tribulations of Ibram Gaunt and his ill-fated Astra Militarum regiment. Faithful readers of the books no doubt have a soft spot for the original cast who served as their Colonel-Commissar’s most trusted retainers. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is a vast city… an urban sprawl of murder and corruption. A den of vice and illicit deeds where the law is failing and justice is fleeting. Glutted merchant-kings turn the wheels of industry, feeding the engine of war on distant worlds while the lowly dream only of survival. As the gilded prosper, hidden behind their fortress walls, the masses must find a place within the underbelly. But regardless of station, whether criminal or law-keeper, one fact remains true – this city is dirty, and no one escapes it without a little sin. For in Varangantua, there are no good men.Baggit is the fast-talking ratling with an eye for the big score. Clodde is the ogryn with a heart of gold and a head full of dreams. These abhuman deserters-turned-criminals operating in the city of Varangantua have crossed the wrong man for the last time – and now they’re on the run… Another anthology brings together nine short stories from the rotten metropolis. You’ll read stories that explore everything from powerful syndicates, corrupt Enforcers, petty gangs, and the survivors who do what they must to make it through the daily struggle. Grim Repast The world building through description was solid, but is not something I care for. This could be a big sell for some reader, just not to my taste. Similarly, whilst it is 40k themed, there isn't a lot of metaphysical or other hallmarks of 40k. it's grounded and gritty, which many will appreciate; just not me. Without spoilers, the plot doesn't really twist. There is a lot unrevealed at the beginning, but it's not a mystery. I wasn't invested in the direction of the story as I was waiting for some twist. Again, me more than the story. Early on it becomes clear that this is an enjoyably noirish story, with both a troubled protagonist whose tormented thoughts won’t let him rest or look aside, and a great sense of atmosphere. While this is a crime novel not a horror novel it is genuinely quite gruesome in places, and Collins sets the tone right away, opening the first chapter with a scene of eye surgery that’s enough to set the squeamish squirming. There’s nothing gratuitous though, with the darkness and violence – whether shown or implied – always in service to the plot, and reminding the reader that 40k is a fundamentally grim setting. Polaris is “cold and bleak and unforgiving”, and its mixture of dingy squalor and extravagant, if fading, grandeur – because this is 40k, where the contrast between the privileged few and everyone else is turned up to 11 – is perfectly suited to a Warhammer Crime story. Then it reaches the end and it kind of feels rushed. Almost like the author has spend 9/10ths of the book for the set up and it a rush to finish it.

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Wow, Marc Collins really came out swinging with this epic and outstanding Warhammer Crime entry. Grim Repast is probably one of the best pure mystery novels set in the Warhammer universe that I have so far read, and I loved how seamlessly Collins was able to blend a dark, psychological crime fiction narrative with the grim and repressive atmosphere of a Warhammer 40,000 city. Crime fills a niche that has been wanted for so long in Warhammer, a commitment to ‘domestic Warhammer’,” Marc says. “Seeing things from the ground level without immense existential threats bearing down on the plot gives a lot of freedom for quirky salt-of-the-earth stories. These characters aren’t Space Marines or Inquisitors. They’re ordinary people, law enforcers and law-breakers, just trying to get by in the world.” The epic sixth book in the Siege of Terra series pits two very different Primarchs against each other, as Jaghatai Khan leads the White Scars to reclaim the Lion’s Gate space port from Mortarion and his Death Guard.At least, that is, until Baggit learns of a score that could pay their debts and save their skins – the Wraithbone Phoenix, a fabled treasure rumoured to be hidden aboard a voidship recently scheduled for decommission. But Baggit and Clodde aren’t the only ones with eyes on the prize. When word gets out, every thief in the Dredge is going to be gunning for the Phoenix. Does Baggit have the cunning to find the treasure and get out alive, or will someone finally cash in the bounty on his head? Every detective story lives or dies by the quality of its central character, and while Drask exhibits plenty of the usual tropes they’re combined in such a way as to make him both believable and grimly compelling to follow. He’s a man who sees patterns that others don’t but also darkness wherever he turns, who’s troubled and labouring under the shadows of his past, but determined to be his own man. These qualities make him a great detective if not a happy one, forever balanced on a knife-edge, and for all his insight and ability the work he undertakes brings him as much pain as it does comfort. As Drask says himself, there are “no gifts here…only curses.” If you can, it’s best to read the short story Cold Cases (in No Good Men) before this to get a deeper sense of Drask’s history, as the events of that story have a bearing on proceedings here, but it’s not essential. This anthology includes the novella Bleedout , along with six short stories concerning the dogged probators, brutal sanctioners, and ruthless gangers that call the crime-riddled, urban sprawl of Varangantua their home. Sanction and Sin The colossal city of Varangantua sprawls across the surface of Alecto like a dying beast, its innards crawling with some of the most insidious criminals the Imperium has to offer. From vast syndicates to small-time gangs and secretive cults, the city’s labyrinthine districts are the perfect breeding ground for all manner of illicit enterprise. The Enforcers of Varangantua are all that stand in the way of total lawlessness, and many of these are as corrupt as the gangers they oppose, knowing no language but violence. Having been a rising star under the command of Imperial Warmaster Slaydo, the freshly appointed Colonel-Commissar was set to command three newly founded Astra Militarum regiments from the forest world of Tanith.