Soul Hunter
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Average rating4.4
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Ratings7
Average rating4.4
The Night Lords are one of the most feared Legions of Chaos Space Marines. Remorseless hunters & killers, they relentlessly battle the Imperium of Man to avenge the death of their Primarch Konrad Curze. Their dark crusade takes them to the world of Crythe Primus, where they will fight Imperial forces to claim the planet.
Series
629 released booksWarhammer 40,000 is a 629-book series first released in 1980 with contributions by Gav Thorpe, Mike Brooks, and 100 others.
Series
3 primary books6 released booksNight Lords is a 6-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.
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Up till now, Dan Abnett's Prospero Burns was my high-water mark for 30k/40k ficiton. Soul Hunter is really good. It may even better than Prospero Burns and I'm a Space Wolves fan.
In a sense, Dembski-Bowden pulls of a Soprano's maneuver with Talos and the Night Lords. You know they're the bad guys, but inch by inch you get pulled into seeing the Imperium and the long war through their crimson lenses. It's not just Octavia who's on their side by the final chapter.
It's a really clever bit of writing. Especially in regards to CSM politics. They could easily be slavering morons, but even Abaddon is depicted with more nuance than you'd expect. The Exalted in particular–well I really didn't see his arc coming to be honest.
