Customer Reviews
Great spin off - By: Mr. L. J. Makins, 07 May 2007 
Being a Eisenhorn fan I jumped at another Dan Abnett inquisition book & was delighted with it.
The tone of Petropolis (the first locationin the book) & the novel itself is very dark & grim. This was a little disapointing at first but it builds the mood of the story brilliantly. The story sets off at a good pace & has an excellent climax.
Dan Abnett is an excellent author who reinvents old perceptions of the 40K universe & explores new ground seemingly effortlessly. Abnett also leaves little pointsin the story where after I read the story again & it all clicked really well.
The cast of characters is excellent. The addition of Zeal is good & the return of familiar faces such as Nayl are brilliant. Some people i know who have read the book find the jumpsin the protaganist's viewpoints (from first to third person) disconcerting but after a while it becomes second nature. They also said it was of a dayin the life of an Inquisitor book but it sets the story up brilliantly for the second & third parts of the trilogy.
The story is brilliant if a little low key but this builds a firm foundation for the rest of the excellent trilogy. Highly recommended!
ok but - By: I. cobley, 24 Aug 2006 
this book is good when it gets going (in the secound half) has some interesting caracters but a very drawn out begging i would recommend to a veteran abnett reader if not buy the eishorn omblius for great price & 3 very good books
Brilliant - By: , 24 Mar 2006 Personally I think these so far are better than the Eisenhorn trilogy well at least from the start it looks more promising than Eisenhorn did. It is certainly a much read for any Warhammer fan never mind a 40k fan.
Is set some years after Eisenhorn & is obviously about his most promising student. I won't say anymore except read it there is also a paperback version of the Ravenor series.
How can this be spawned from the Eisenhorn series? - By: , 08 Mar 2006 
I loved the Eisenhorn trilogy & I think they rank as the best Abnett has produced. They were fun, action packed & interesting even though they bore only a shallow surface resemblance to the 40K universe.
But this spin off featuring Gideon Ravenor, Eisenhorn's apprentice who was horribly wounded & disfiguredin MALLEUS (Eisenhorn book 2) is boring. It does not help that the writing style has changed. In Eisenhorn the titular character narrated the whole thing;in Gideon that is no longer the case & so the narrative switches backwards & forwards between the protagonists.
I found myself skipping whole sections hoping for something to grab my interest & soon found myself finished & not really wanting to read through the whole thing properly.
A great successor for Inquisitor Eisenhorn. - By: T. R. Alexander, 23 Sep 2004 This book had a lot to live up to, having come from the author of the brilliant Inquisitor Eisenhorn Trilogy, & I am glad to say that it does not disappoint.
Following the latest investigation of Esenhorn's one time apprentice, the adventure is fast passed & keeps you guessing right up until the end. The battle sequences that take placein both the real & psychic realms are well described & easy to follow, the characters are interesting & you cannot help reading, if only to find out how they will get out of their latest predicament.
The book is well worth reading, & not just for those who have read Dan Abnett's previous books, asin those places that it refers to another book, which is rare, it is always explained to the readers satisfaction, & it's narrative is interesting & original. I cannot wait for the next one.
