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The Soul Drinker's Omnibus (Warhammer 40, 000) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ben Counter
Publisher: Black Library
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 8987
Media: Paperback
Pages: 768
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 2
ISBN: 1844164160
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781844164165
ASIN: 1844164160
Publication Date: December 4, 2006
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 Great October 21, 2007
Mr. D. L. Selwood
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book with some very detailed and imaginative well written scenes. The fight scenes are great and very detailed, and the way he describes them is top notch. This is a beast of a book, worth every penny
 Flat, two dimensional September 28, 2007
Joggl Girri
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Compared to many other WH40K novels I read in the past years, this omnibus very hard to finish reading because of the incredibly flat characters, the unreasonable and sudden plot twists (which seem often like the author was inventing the story whilst writing it) and boring fighting sequences.
Would have had great potential, as the Soul Drinkers special position between the major forces might have given some interesting insights and views on them, but in the end they are just another Space Marine Legion, and not even an interesting one.
I enjoyed this book August 3, 2007
Simon Kitchener (Japan)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been thinking about buying one of these books for a long time, but, as a previous reviewer has stated I always thought the 'Black Library' was a cash-in for the WH40k universe. Previous opinions of other people I'd asked had always maintained the books borrowed heavily from the established universe, and hoped it would carry them. Not so though in the case of 'Soul Drinker' which I bought based on the reviews below. Ben Counter has obviously married his fascination with the WH40k'verse and his writing talent and created a wonderful adventure from the eyes of an errant Space Marine Chapter. This book kept me interested from start to finish as the story progressed, wondering how the Soul Drinkers were going to end up.
That said though, I thought main character development throughout the book was slim. The Space Marines are typically pious and stoic in a 'fight or death' kind of way, and you could argue that they would have stock answers for every question and generally speaking those answers would have 'By the Emperor' in them somewhere. The whole book though leans away from the typical Adeptus Astartes and lends itself gloriously to explore the mind of the Space Marine but doesn't quite hit the mark. You can guess what is happening in the minds of main characters like Sarpendon and Pallas, but you never feel privvy to their private thoughts. Ben seems to develop these skills later on, but for more 'human' characters perhaps.
By and large though the writing style and enormous talent and creativity allows Ben to describe a wonderful world at every opportunity, whilst weaving a well-thought out plot through all the books in this omnibus. I expect this author will only improve, and its a delight that my introduction to the Black Library has been with this book.
Soul Drinkers Omnibus May 25, 2007
I. Murphy (South Wales, U.K)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
An amazingly well written book, with more twists and turns than a maze this book will keep you guessing right up to the end.
There is no peace amongst the stars... April 26, 2007
Purge (Chester, UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was very wary of this book when I picked it up. Even though i'm a big fan of the Warhammer 40,000 game I always viewed the Black Library novels as mere trash fiction, no more than cash-ins. The previous Warhammer and 40k novels I have read have done much to reinforce this judgment. However, I am very pleased to say that in this case I was wrong and happily so!
This omnibus contains the first three books in the Soul Drinkers series (Soul Drinker, The Bleeding Chalice and Crimson Tears), with the fourth (Chapter War) having only recently been released. For me the series got better as it progressed. At the end of Crimson Tears I rushed out to buy Chapter War straightaway!
In the fast-paced, action-filled stories the Soul Drinkers must choose whether to betray the Imperium they are sworn to protect or put at stake the honour of their entire chapter. A decision is made and they muct live with the consequences, facing enemies both within and without, human, alien and daemon, along the way.
The only real negatives with this book are the oft-repeated stock phrases that the author uses, which is a particular problem in the first book.
I would recommend this book to any fans of the 40k universe. It offers a glorious insight into the workings of a Space Marine's mind as well as offering several viewpoints on the state of the Imperium. It is full of glorious action sequences and plot twists and has enough character development to keep you interested.
If you are not a fan of the 40k game then I hesitate a little to recommend this book. Although the Black Library claim that anyone can enjoy the books I would disagree and say that a knowledge of the Warhammer 40,000 universe would greatly increase your understanding of certain characters, decisions and events that occur or are referred to in this series. Still, that is not to say don't buy this book. Much of the information about the 40k universe is readily available on Games Workshops's website and Wikipedia. It will make very interesting additional reading for any sci-fi fans!
As for me, this book has given me faith in the Black Library so i'm off to give Dan Abnett's novels a go!
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