Customer Reviews

Farseer (Warhammer 40,000 Novels)

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4 star:		(3)
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2 star:		(1)
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I found this novel an entertaining read. It was exciting from start to finish and managed to convey the alien Eldar without becoming too alien of a read in the way that Eldar Prophecy was. The background material is also true to 40k; in addition, the background does a good job of bringing to life some areas of the 40k universe that you really can't get from a rulebook. The best example would have to be the navigator's view of crossing into the immaterium. Overall I recommend it as a good read. Definately light years beyond Goto's Eldar Prophecy, which ranks as one of the worst Black Librairy publications that I have ever read.

I can't understand what the reviewer below, who is an Eldar player, didn't have enough of in this novel; but for me who am not an Eldar player, I found plenty to love. Fast-paced action, a demon prince, an female Eldar warrior and a Farseer who seemed (at least to me) to be major players in the story as well as a battle in a mysterious dead city on an Eldar home world. The chapter about the Navigator's journey into the warp is fantastic, as well as all the background info about Eldar history. Good stuff if you want my opinion. In fact it is near to being my favorite of the 12 Warhammer novels I've read so far.

This is the first Warhammer 40k book I have read. While I'm told there are others that are better, I did find this a worthy read. It's a must read for those interested in the Eldar. Though there are some very interesting isights into Eldar culture and history this book does nothing to solve the mystery of the Eldar. Oh, and the ending! I don't want to ruin it for you, but it's a shocker, and it definetly does prove that the Eldar are every bit the advanced, sometimes arrogant, mysterious beings the Imperium believes them to be.

Anxiously awaiting a sequel.

William King does it again. Although this book isn't as action packed as his Gotrek & Felix novels, it is still an excellent book which will keep you interested till the end,which incidentally has a twist.

This was an exsellent novel, the pictures painted by King come to life. All the characters are led down paths to a briliant conclusion involving.

I can see how Eldar players may be dissapointed, there role in the novel is distant. This works only to serve the Eldar justice, the race is writen in the Warhammer world as distant and elusive.

Overall a well craft book with well rounded and interesting characters.

...I would have expected more Eldar. Bland descriptions, bland characters, bland story. If it hadn't been set in the Warhammer world, I would have given it 1 star.
Being an Eldar 40K player, I was hoping for more Eldar, and more of a look into their complex culture.
Nothing really happened in the first 250 pages, and the novel is only 289 pages long! Probably the only interesting character in the novel was the ship's navigator, and his big action sequence wasn't even in the book! Just an afterthought 2 pages before the end with an "oh yeah, and he won, too."
I was dying to read this book, and I expected so much more from William King. I wanted to give it a much higher recommendation, but I can't...