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Eisenhorn (Eisenhorn Omnibus) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: Black Library
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5904
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 768
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 2
ISBN: 1844161560
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781844161560
ASIN: 1844161560
Publication Date: December 16, 2004
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Not your usual 40k novel June 14, 2008
L. W. Chew (UK)
Eisenhorn is the first Abnett book that I've read and it immediately got me hooked on his work! I had read a few 40k novels before but have been unimpressed (with the exception of Storm of Iron by Graham MacNeill) and so was pleasantly surprised with Eisenhorn. As a book about the shady Inquisition, intrigue, guile, action and politicking are part and parcel of it and Abnett pulls it off with a subtle and clever style
He creates some wonderful characters in this story, each playing off each other as the story progresses. Character development is also good, centered around the development of the protagonist.
plots, characters and style aside, the one best thing about this novel I think is that it portrays the 40k universe as a living, breathing world. Rather than the galactic-spanning carnage of space marines, imperial guardsmen and titans fighting an endless war against the multitudinous hordes that are mankind's enemies, we have citizens going about their daily business, gang fights in gargantuan hives and travelling carnivals! (the last is from one of the mini-stories inserted in between the main stories and represent some brilliant gems only available in the omnibus)
(word of warning though, if you have no clue about the 40k universe this book might not make that much sense)
A Dune rival at last March 25, 2008
C. Richards (de)
My first 40k book, and I was at once swept up in a world of dizzying complexity, credible detailed fantastic technology and society. The characters are well penned and detailed, interact with depth and consistency and greatly contribute to the page turning pull: difficult in such a large volume: it takes over your life for 3 days! Truely original in plot and background. Masterful in construction of intriguing narative threads.
I hesitate to give away plot details, so I'll leave that to other reviews. Suffice to say, I had seen something of 'Fading Suns' and I thought it was derived from that background. So if the 40k crew don't know 'Empire of the Fading Suns' (RPG and abit-dated-but-good 4x PC game), you may like to know more? Ditto in reverse.
 An Unexpected Pleasure February 26, 2008
AethelwulfKing (West Country, UK.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I should begin by saying I'm an old git in my late 30s. I have never played the miniatures game or any of the computer games but I am a roleplayer and so with the arrival of the Warhammer 40K RPG I thought I'd try a book set in the WH40K universe to give me a bit of flavour.
I must admit I had very low expectations. I had always assumed Warhammer books were aimed at spotty teenagers who obsessed about every detail of the miniatures game and could reel off endless statistics about troop carriers, space marine deployment and the relative merits of different weapons (yawn!). That being the case I also assumed that the books, therefore, would be a load of puerile rubbish that in no way could be published by a 'serious' publishing company...
...I WAS WRONG! I thoroughly enjoyed the book as an epic sci-fi saga very much a la Iain M Banks. In fact, I'd say it stands up with the best of modern sci-fi. I can't speak for the rest of Warhammer fiction but Eisenhorn is a damn good read and I shall certainly be checking out more Dan Abnett.
*Apologies to all spotty Warhammer obsessed teenagers.
OMG December 28, 2007
L. Donoghue
Wow. wow,wow,wow,wow,wow. thats all i can really say. i ordered this book along with two others. i saved this one till last and was initially put of by the first person writing. however after half a page i was engrossed. this is an absolute masterpiece, perhaps the best book about 40k, the obnibus is the way to go with the connecting stories and the fact you can rea so much in one go. i could not wait to get to the end and read the second book in a two days. there is one major floor in this book, when in finishes, a very sad time! but fear not the ravenor books have arrived. i recieved the first on christmas day and read the whole thing on boxing day. an amazing book with two folow ups (not quite as good but stil very good read, i recommend) YOU MUST WRITE MORE EISENHORN/RAVENOR BOOKS!!! if you dnt buy this and you are a fan then you definatly have something wrong wtih you!
More than good June 9, 2007
Thomas Atkins (Englands Green & Pleasant Land)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can't think why Amazon (?) rate this as young adult, perhaps they assume that all scifi ot warhammer fans are a little juvenile.
This is my first book by Dan Abnett, & my first reaction was that here was the man who should be continuing the Dune chronicles and not the current authors who are dragging the genre down. For those of you who know the Dune 6, then this is praise enough, for those of you that don't, then read them, but avoid the prequels like the plague.
My later reaction was that the universe that the book is set in was probably provided by numerous authors & fans & that my initial reaction was over generous.
Never the less Dan Abnett carries off what are incidents in a greater whole in excellent fashion. very readable, I'll be looking for other books by the same author, but I am put off by the childrens author label on many (most ?) of his books.
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