It is nice science fiction and a pretty good example of tie-in writing. The author does a very good job, and the series mixes detective work, a little bit of horror and space opera action pretty well. Characters are solid and human enough, despite being ridiculously super human at what they do. Overall I think this story is good but not excellent, as, in my opinion, it lacks depth and some parts of it are weaker. But you are not reading warhammer 40k novels for depth, are you? Have fun! **Spoiler-ish**I saved my review of Eisenhorn for after I completed Ravenor, since, before reading Ravenor I kind of figured they were all part of the same story. Now that I am done with it all I can really say is, "I kind of hate Dan Abnett." Dude wrecks my life. Wrecks it. The Gaunt's series is amazing, if you have read those and not been pissed off every time DA kills off a character you are not reading it right. The Inquisitor series is pretty much the same thing, only there are a lot fewer characters, and your heart breaks just a little bit more when one of them, well I wont say dies because that would be too easy. What can you say when characters you love, oh I don't know, are locked up in prison with no resolution to their fate, or perhaps turned into a host for a daemon (this has happened MORE THAN ONCE), or perhaps in order to combat the evil and darkness they hate they have to give in to its power and use it becoming the very thing they hate? you can say nothing. You can just accept it, and come to the realization that you hate hate hate Dan Abnett, because he makes you care so damn much. I know I am late to the party, the Inquisitor novels are old as publication standards go, but after suffering through some pretty crap Black Library novels, when you read the good stuff it is like finding Sting in a pile of rusted shit. Seriously, the Inquisitor trilogies are awesome, do yourself a favor...f-ing read them. Read Eisenhorn, then wipe your tears and read Ravenor. If you can, pick your jaw up and dive into the new ones. I have not moved into the Bequin trilogy yet or the Ravenor vs. Eisenhorn books...mainly because he is not done with them and I kind of want to read them all at once. If I had gotten to the end of Ravenor and not be assured there was more to come I may have ordered an Exterminatus on Nottingham. That is it. They are awesome, what did you expect? Stop being weird and start turning the pages.
What do You think about Ravenor: The Omnibus (2009)?
A tomb like book of stories about the psyker Ravenor and his life of surving the Emperor.
—pritypeach99
