Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2001 by Black Library.
A lot of the older Black Library titles have aged poorly, Xenos is not one of them.
In a universe where the books are increasingly similar battle stories the Eisenhorn books stand out as solid detective novels in a universe that is bursting at the seams with mystery and intrigue.
I didn’t really keep going with First and Only, a novel from the Warhammer 40K universe I started, this one, however, from the same author, hooked me pretty hard, it is a bit of a long story. The hype and stakes are pretty cool, its not like what I usually think about when I think of Warhammer, this story is not about Space Marines or epic space battles. This is about an inquisitor, who gets rid of heretics, xenos and mutants, and it is a bit of a detective story unraveling a pretty big conspiracy against the Empire, heresy indeed.
At some point it got a bit more space warfare rather than mystery solving which turned me off just a little bit, but twists and turns keep me hooked still.
Overall, it was pretty good and entertaining, I have to say I got a little bit lost in the end …
I didn’t really keep going with First and Only, a novel from the Warhammer 40K universe I started, this one, however, from the same author, hooked me pretty hard, it is a bit of a long story. The hype and stakes are pretty cool, its not like what I usually think about when I think of Warhammer, this story is not about Space Marines or epic space battles. This is about an inquisitor, who gets rid of heretics, xenos and mutants, and it is a bit of a detective story unraveling a pretty big conspiracy against the Empire, heresy indeed.
At some point it got a bit more space warfare rather than mystery solving which turned me off just a little bit, but twists and turns keep me hooked still.
Overall, it was pretty good and entertaining, I have to say I got a little bit lost in the end but I got the job done. I hope to read some more of this series later on. It was pretty good.
