The new series is themed to be Eisenhorn vs Ravenor, which is a significant claim since Ravenor was once Eisenhorn’s apprentice before he achieved a full Inquisitor rank, and the two have a lot of history together, through thick and thin. These books are more like crime/mystery thrillers rather than military SF as most Warhammer 40,000 books are. He put the war in warhammer in a very creative way by showing us life behind the frontlines of grand battles between two opposing armies. I didn’t like how the third novel in each trilogy ended, but the first two were spectacular. His novels with Inquisitors Gregor Eisenhorn and Gideon Ravenor are some of my favourites in all of Warhammer 40,000 and were my early reads as well. When Black Library announced last year that Dan Abnett was going to be penning a new installment for his Inquisition series, I was fairly excited.
“In the battle of expectations versus reality, it’s my expectations that got bombed to hell.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields Note:This review contains major spoilers.
In light of The Founding Fields currently suffering some major site issues, I’m going to be reposting my reviews from the site to the blog, so read on! As it turned out, my review also turned out to be one of the most contentious I’ve ever written and my opinion on it seems to be among a very, very small minority of the fans.
It just didn’t work for me, not on any level, and I was sorely disappointed with it.
Now, Pariah has the unfortunate distinction of one of the worst novels from Black Library I’ve read to date. But unfortunately the reality didn’t pan out, not at all. The start of a new Inquisition trilogy, dubbed Eisenhorn vs Ravenor, the novel promised much in its premise, which is why I was so excited for it. Coming in at the end of 2012, Dan Abnett’s Pariah was one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
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