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The Emperor's Gift (2012)

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1849701903 (ISBN13: 9781849701907)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Games Workshop

review 1: Probably one of the best works by Aaron Dembski and a must read in the Warhammer 40k library, especially if you are a fan of the 40k universe and wish to know more about the Grey Knights and the modus operandi of the inquisition in the Emperium of Men. In The Emperor's gift you will follow the adventures of Hyperion of the Grey Knights and his band of brothers, from the moment that he is "recruited" by the inquisition to become a space marine and witness his growth while he fights the enemies of mankind in the dark grin future that is the 40k universe.
review 2: It's not often that I read a book which makes me question my ideals. My strong belief in Pragmatism was questioned while I read this brilliant book. But in the end my belief in that philosophy came out... more even stronger than what it was before. That is what the Grey Knights truly are, pragmatic in almost every way and while I think that frigging Matt Ward almost ruined them by changing them so much that way. ABD with this book redeems them in my eyes and makes them, perhaps, now one of my favourite chapters.I really enjoyed this book, the story, the characters everything (especially Bjorn the Fellhanded his brief but awesome appearance was memorable and funny) The main character Hyperion was good to, I found him a interesting and sympathetic character who was flawed but still believable as a Space Marine (I also really liked his background, a great call back which I won't spoil.)The story chronicles the first war for Armageddon, the invasion of the now daemon prince Angron, his World Eaters and the legions of Khornate daemons. As well as the aftermath, the politics between the Space Wolves, the Grey Knights and the Inquisition. It's a simple but interesting story that I'm surprised hasn't been told of earlier by the Black Library.There's a few overarching themes I saw in this novel, the sliding scale of idealism and cynicism being one, along side honour vs pragmatism. Hyperion starts very idealistic but as he sees how grey and ruthless everything is he develops and changes. In a good way mind you, well I think so anyway. This is very much shown in the conflicts between the Space Wolves and the Inquisition. I could see both sides perspectives and found it hard to choose which to root for. More than many Black Library novels before this shows how damn grey the Warhammer 40,000 universe truly is. Especially with the 'bad guy' Inquisitor lord Kysnaros, isn't really the bad guy at all he even lampshades the greyness.Good read, brilliant ABD just continues to impress me. I recommend it highly. less

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