Hard-hitting SF action with the superhuman Space Marines and Captain Uriel Ventris. Exiled from his Chapter, Uriel ventures deep into the dreaded Eye of Terror to confront the terrible foes that dwell within these worlds of insanity. Chief amongst them are the ancient Chaos Space Marine legions - twisted warriors who have allied with the Dark Gods and are set on humanity's destruction.
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Hailing from Scotland, Graham narrowly escaped a career in surveying nearly five years ago to join Games Workshop's Games Development team, which, let's face it, sounds much more exciting. He's worked on loads of codexes since then, the most recent being Codex: Space Marines. As well as six novels, he's also written a host of short stories for Inferno! and takes on too much freelance work than can be healthy. Graham's housemate, a life-size cardboard cut-out of Buffy, recently suffered a terrible accident during a party and now keeps herself to herself in the spare room, scaring people who don't know she's there and plotting the best way to have her revenge on the miscreant that damaged her.
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Hailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in Surveyinh to join Games Workshop, where he worked for six years as a games developer. In addition to many novels, including False Gods, Fulgrim and Mechanicum for the prestigious Hoeus Hersey series, Graham has written a host of sf and fantasy short stories. He lives in Nottingham, UK.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good, But Not Great Installment Of The Series,
By Loyalty Jester "Alfgalad" (Southeastern USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead Sky, Black Sun (Warhammer 40,000 Novels) (Pt. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
The 3rd installment of the Ultramarines/Ventris series is a good read. This book gets off to a quick start and the action stays high throughout. Be aware that its important to have read the first two books of the Ventris series and Storm of Iron or you will be lost as there is little time wasted in character development. I was disappointed in the very end of the book as it was predictable and an obviously cheesy attempt to make sure there would be a 4th installment.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Outstanding!,
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This review is from: Dead Sky, Black Sun (Warhammer 40,000 Novels) (Pt. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
Graham McNeil creates another great Ultramarines epic in fantastic Warhammer 40K style! The story moves along great, but does not become fragmented. Lots and lots of fight scenes, but also some great siege warfare too. Even with the huge amount of fight scenes there is still a good story woven in. Even the bad guys were fun characters. Not, in my opinion, just another bland sequel. I found it fun and exciting. Couldn't put it down.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great continuation of the Ultramarines saga,
By Darthbx (NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead Sky, Black Sun (Warhammer 40,000 Novels) (Pt. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a great WH40k book. It's a little different from the others in the series, but still a great read. That's it. If you have read and enjoyed Mr. McNeill's other 40k stories, you will not be disappointed. To the reviewers who complain about the dark story and ultra-violence depicted in it, I must ask, what did you think you were reading? This story is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. A universe that is supposed to be in a perpetual state of war. Also, from the beginning of the book, the 2 main characters are banished to a Chaos world. Which would be like being banished to hell itself. Of course it's going to be gory and violent. And McNeill does a great job describing it. As for there being no character development in the first half of the book? Duh. This story is a continuation of the Ultramarines books and an almost direct sequel to Storm Of Iron. The character development is in those earlier stories. The things that happen in those books directly leads into this one. Strom of Iron was the first 40k novel I read. I used to play the table top game when I was younger and am still a great fan of the universe. If you are a fan then you'll enjoy it, too.
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