If Jack Bauer from the hit series 24 was made 20,000 years in the future, his name would be Gregor Eisenhorn.
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This was one of the first 40k series I ever read, and when juxtaposed against Graham McNeill’s Ultramarines it really helps new readers understand the full gamut of legion types out there–everything from space Romans to space vikings! The Space Wolves books by William King (later joined by Lee Lightner) are an adrenaline-packed excitement-fest of war, brotherhood, drinking, and, at times, intrigue centred on one of the legion’s most storied characters, Ragnar Blackmane. Uriel Ventris is a brilliant character–a bit of a square peg in a round hole–and his story will really drive your understanding of the space marine chapters and the kind of bureaucratic nonsense that has helped stagnate the Imperium, where innovation once drove mortals to conquer the stars once more. He’s taken the Ultramarines and made them bloody interesting by featuring a captain who is not cookie cutter. the ones based on vikings, or vampires, or Ghenkis Khan’s lot). Based on the ancient Romans, they are plentiful, have a long list of successor chapters, and are generally considered by the greater 40K gaming community to be boring AF when compared to the other chapters (eg. If you’re new to 40K, the Ultramaries are the cookie-cutter space marines, and probably the most recognisable faction in the entire universe. These books are about as moreish as war SF gets (and there are stacks of them). It’s unrelenting, brutal, and you can all-but guarantee you’ll be shedding a tear over the shock loss of a favourite character at some point. To sum up Gaunt’s Ghosts as quickly as possible: its pretty much Band of Brothers in the 40K setting. What it’s like to be a normal human being in a universe of superhuman space marines, vicious dark eldar, brutal orks, soulless and all-consuming tyranids, and the terrifying Chaos space marines? No author delivers this experience better than Dan Abnett. The layperson given a lasrifle and a helmet and sent into the meatgrinder with millions of others, creating a wall of mangled bodies between the people of the Imperium and all that would tear it down. It’s the Guard who truly put the horror and size of the future universe in perspective for the reader. To me, 40K has never been about the space marines. It covers a range of factions, from the puniest human to the most terrifying of traitor, and covers 10,000 years of Imperial history. The stories are fascinating and action-packed and the universe Games Workshop have created for their authors to play in mean that there is absolutely no end to the material and awesomesauce coming out of the Imperium and its many, many foes.īUT, if you’re only just coming across this unbelievable treasure trove of fiction, just where the bloody hell should you start?įear not! The team and I have put together a starter pack for you. They cover almost every kind of action and war sci-fi you could want, from mass trench warfare, to special ops, secret agents, void wars, superhuman soldiers and demigods battling aliens and demons. The Warhammer 40K universe books are legion.
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