Chaos Child (Warhammer 40,000) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ian Watson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Inqusition War Trilogy | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

Science fiction novel set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Games Workshop; 1st US Edition, January 2003 edition (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743443241
• ISBN-13: 978-0743443241
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,523,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Do not bother wasting your money, July 7, 2003

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E. Reilly "CT Book Junky" (East Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chaos Child (Warhammer 40,000) (Mass Market Paperback)

I will keep it short and very un-sweet. The first book in this trilogy is awesome. The second book was so-so and naturally I thought the final book of the trilogy would boost the worthiness of reading the second book. I got to a point when reading this book that I just wanted to discard it and move onto something better. I do not expect spectacular dialogue or likeable characters from the Warhammer universe because it is a very dark and depressing atmosphere. This book made Watsons work with that horrible A.I. flick seem genius. My greatest problem with the book is that none of the storylines from the trilogy come to a conclusion. I am not going to put up spoilers.

My suggestion is to read Jaq Draco(First book) and be happy with how that one ends and forget the other two were ever made.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing yet ironic end, December 6, 2005

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John W. Leon "vmi_raven" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chaos Child (Warhammer 40,000) (Mass Market Paperback)

The final part in Ian Watson's Inquisitor War series finds Inquisitor Draco and his warband traversing the Eldar webway to find the legendary Black Library and possibly the key to saving his love. Unfortunately, like Harliquen, Chaos Child falls utterly short of the wonderful work of sci-fi fantasy that is Draco. Fortunately, this third part of the series attempts to rise out of the valley and back up the hill of action and suspense. It does a valient attempt but stops abruptly short of the summit. The thing that bothered me the most was that you can see Draco already falling from grace long before even he knows it. But you have no choice (along with his naive warband) to follow along to see how far he will go down the path of Chaos and ruin all for love.

Out of the three it ranks 2nd. A bit drawn out but still readable. You want to see what happens, but when it does you want to forget about Inquisitor Draco and explore the travels and happenings of other characters. Unfortunately, Mr. Watson stopped writing for Games Workshop after this novel so we will never know.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Chaos Child was loathesome and vile!, February 1, 2003

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Cheryl L. Lesniowski (KC, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chaos Child (Warhammer 40,000) (Mass Market Paperback)

Boy was I suprised to find out how horrible this book was, especially after how good the first two in the series were. The impression that I had was that Mr. Watson grew board of writing this book and just gave up. This book leaves the reader with more loose ends than a cheap afghan, and its characters devolve to cardboard simpletons, however I lack the superlatives to to describe how poor the ending was. My advise read the first and second books .....then STOP.