World Famous Comics: Eisenhorn (A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus)
Eisenhorn (A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus)
By: Dan Abnett Publisher: Games Workshop Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Games Workshop Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 768 Publication Date: January 04, 2005 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: Inquisitor Eisenhorn is one on the most senior members of the Imperial Inquisition. With his warband he scourges the galaxy in order to root out heresy. When that heresy is found to infiltrate the hierarchy of the Imperium and the Inquisition itself, he must rely on himself alone to deal with it - even if it means making deals with the enemy. All three books of the Eisenhorn trilogy along with two short stories and Eisenhorn's case book and compendium are included in one big volume
Good Read I thoroughly enjoyed all three books. Great action, good stories. However, I did get rather tired of everyone except Eisenhorn dying. Also, I think the character Fischig was developed well up until the last book. For me, it seems the character was changed too drastically, like he was a completely different character compared to how he was in books 1 and 2.
Incredible Story Eisenhorn is a wonderful story with lots of action. I love playing the Dawn of War game and wanted to learn more about the Warhammer 40k Universe. After the 40th page you just want to read more and more. It has lots of WH40k units from Aliens, to Titans to Space Marines.
Epic Incredible read. Probably overhyped, but not by much. Still worthy of 5 stars. I highly recommend it.
Eisenhorn: An enjoyable read, but overrated I've never read a Warhammer 40,000 novel before and picked the Eisenhorn omnibus because of the good reviews it was getting. I must say I came away a bit disappointed. Three stars, because I did find it an enjoyable read mostly to learn about the Warhammer 40,000 universe. But the three stories in the omnibus - Xenos, Malleus and Hereticus - do have flaws.
Almost every encounter ends in the same way: inquisitor Eisenhorn and his allies charge in, guns blazing. They begin with stealth and infiltration, but their subtleties run out very quickly every single time - or is that Dan Abnett's imaginition failing to come up with a different conclusion to a scene?
The finales of the three parts are also remarkably similar: large-scale attacks of troopers on a heretic undertaking. Eisenhorn waving a book around everybody wants (the Necroteuch or the Malus Codicium) and then destroying it.
Hilariously funny - but not meant to be so - is the scene in which Eisenhorn tells Bequin she is an Untouchable. She takes it hard and starts sobbing, as if she has just been dumped. But no, she has just been told that all people have a soul, a signature in the warp, but that she is Untouchable and has no such psychic presence and she can therefore act as a damper on the psychic powers of others. All this happens off-camera, it just reads that Eisenhorn tells her she is an Untouchable and that she cries. The proper reaction would be one being dumbfounded :)
Despite its remarkable repetitiveness (why do we need to know in such painstaking detail all the time what characters are wearing - is this the gritty universe of the grim future or a fashion show?) the omnibus has some redeeming features. Eisenhorn's meddling with forces he shouldn't meddle with is interesting, even as his 'change' comes pretty abruptly and coarsely. The daemonhost Cherubael is very well done, the best character in the book, especially when he does not use his superpowers but just his insidious whispers.
So sure, fans of the universe should probably want to read Eisenhorn. But the general feeling of disappointment, that comes from knowing that if this is the best Black Library book ever, remains.
very entertaining As usual, with Dan Abnett you get exactly what you expect: a fast paced, well written, action packed page turner. The story arcs are all similar, and the besides Eisenhorn characters are not really developed. However, the universe is richly textured and dark. If you want a quick read that will take your mind of things, this will do the trick
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