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Eisenhorn (Eisenhorn Omnibus) | 
| Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: Black Library
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 7201
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 768
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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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Simply a fantastic and undeniable book for your arsenal. September 27, 2008
I'm not a heavy reader so my review may not be professional, but it should prove useful to those who are interested in the 40K lore and looking for something to delve into rather than tabeletop or the games.
Having played the Dawn of War games, I was gripped and I thought that the lore was fascinating and intriguing. This book doesn't touch upon major battles or massive set pieces that I've heard of, and that makes it all the beter. Eisenhorn is serving the Immortal God Emperor of Mankind, but the choices he is forced to make are just plainly heretical and for that reason it holds bucketload of philospohy about it. Will you bend the rules, killing an innocent individual who you know to save the fate of millions? Would you? Even if he is part of your gang. The scenarios he is pitted against are highly mysterious and edgy, almost plainly impossible for him to fight through! But thanks to Dan Abnett's purely excellent style of writing, it's almost visual and it took me aback. You are bathed in a sense of mystery being the reader, as some facts are not even revealed to you. When the questions are answered later on in the book, it just adds to the shock. Having already said that I'm not a heavy reader, the sheer qualitative writing and detail was off-putting at first, but as I got used to the style it's simply addictive reading.
Its hunter turned hunted epic storytelling, with the big burly inquisitor ratting out the scum of the universe, quickly being in danger himself by an enemy he can't see.
If you have any sort of standards about book reading, this book is simply fabulous and is MUST READ for any sort of Dawn of War fan. It's probably the only book I have ever owned which makes me want to read again. Most other books I put down and never touch after one read through. It's impossible with this book. Addiction warning! Eisenhorn, here I come for a second serving!
Forget Gaunt's Ghost's - This is THE 40k book September 24, 2008
I have read a lot of "classical" Sci-Fi (Asimov, Clark) as well as most WH40k books, and this book holds a dear spot amongst my favorites. While obviously action packed and less introspective than other, more conventional science fiction, Abnett's huge imagination and lavish descriptions bring the world of Warhammer 40,000 to life in a way nobody has ever done before (yes, really). Eisenhorn takes you to dozens of planets and spaceports, introduces you to a myriad of characters, many of them hugely memorable. You get to see for the first time the everyday life of people in the Imperium, and not just how their armies behave, all linked by his trademark, action packed prose.
However, for me the strongest point of this book is the ease in which you are inmmersed into the world, even the interesting story is a backdrop for his huge imagination to draw you in.
One of my all time favorites, and not only in the Warhammer 40k fiction genre
Not your usual 40k novel June 14, 2008
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
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
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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.
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