Having survived the Imperial Fists brutal recruitment regime, rivals Zatori, du Queste and Taloc advance to the ranks of Scouts. When they join the Imperial Fists in their action on Vernalis, a planet blighted by Chaos, their loyalty to the Emperor and their fortitude in battle will be sorely tested. Will they be able to overcome the power of the Roaring Blades Traitor Guard, or will old enmities lead to their downfall?
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" A talented storyteller, he has a unique ear, a clever eye, an eloquence all too rare in modern fiction fiction" -Michael Moorcock
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Chris Roberson's novels include Set the Seas on Fire, Here, There & Everywhere, The Voyage of Night Shining White and Paragaea: A Planetary Romance, and he is the editor of the anthology Adventure Vol. 1. Roberson has been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, twice for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and twice for the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Short Form (winning in 2004 with his story O OneA"). He runs the independent press Monkeybrain Books with his partner.
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Chris Roberson's novels include Here, There & Everywhere, The Voyage of Night Shining White, Paragaea: A Planetary Romance, X-Men: The Return, Set the Seas on Fire, and the forthcoming End of the Century, Iron Jaw and Hummingbird, and The Dragon's Nine Sons. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as Asimov's Science Fiction, Postscripts, and Subterranean, and in anthologies such as Live Without a Net, The Many Faces of Van Helsing, FutureShocks, and Forbidden Planets. Along with his business partner and spouse Allison Baker, he is the publisher of MonkeyBrain Books, an independent publishing house specializing in genre fiction and nonfiction genre studies, and he is the editor of the Adventure anthology series. He has been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award three times: once each for writing, publishing, and editing; twice a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; and twice for the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Short Form (winning in 2004 with his story 'O One').
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not consistent with other 40k lore, puts a blouse on space marines,
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This review is from: Sons of Dorn (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Imperial Fists) (Mass Market Paperback)
The author tried, really tried to introduce the reader to the Imperial Fist chapter in this book. In the course of doing so, he ignores all previous works involving space marine recruitment, and spends an inordinate amount of time describing how the diversity of cultural backgrounds and individual fighting styles make the chapter so strong.
A continuous element in the plot concerns the animosity between three recruits who were taken by the Imperial Fists from the same battlefield(Brutal, Bloody ripoff from Space Wolves Omnibus). Forget that space marine indoctrination does its best to wipe most of the recruit's pre-marine memories away, nope, thats not convienient for this story. Nor do any of them consider talking to a chaplain, or simply realize their place in the chapter and drop the animosity. Its there to the very END. The recruits are trained in sword fighting by veteran sargeants, as this is the favored weapon of the chapter, but somehow they all keep their former sword fighting styles such as samurai, french fencing, and whatever barbarians do with a 2 handed iron blade. Hell, when the recruits are made full battle brothers, they are given their katanas and falchions with power field generators installed so they can go "en-garde" a warboss and ninja duel a necron lord. The lore of this book is essentially a MOCKERY of Space Marines, and Warhammer 40k in general. There are some good elements and themes explored, such as the experience of the recruits who make the short list, and their interactions with each other. But, the bad stuff is much more pervasive. A big part of the Imperial Fists chapter cult is the use of the pain glove, which is a transparent bodyglove which the marine must climb into naked infront of all his peers to endure minutes of pain as a form of meditation. This is described in detail! The concept makes sense. The Doom Eagles use a mechanical apparatus that a marine must push against or be crushed, but did we have to go on about stripping infront of a chaplain infront of all the other recruits? This forces me to beleive the Fists are a pack of kink-fetished boy lovers. Thats not a good thing for the audience to be thinking about a first founding space marine chapter! The story overall was simplistic and not very beleivable compared to the other Black Library publications I have read, but hey! its the author's first book(I hope) and he can build on it and get better. However, the editors at black library dont need to sleep through reviewing the next one, cause this sucks. I already have told fellow Black Library fans not to read this one, and I wouldnt have bought it given the chance again.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent look inside the training of the Imperial Fist chapter,
This review is from: Sons of Dorn (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Imperial Fists) (Mass Market Paperback)
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Warhammer 40,000 novels may not be masterful examples of the written word, but there are always a few satisfying elements that are going to come part and parcel with any story set in that universe. All those elements are clearly present in "Sons of Dorn." Tales of honor and the corruption of chaos, camaraderie between Space Marines, and of course, page after page of explosions, severed limbs, and flying bullets.
Anyone new to the universe of Warhammer 40,000 won't get lost, as everything is explained while the story moves along. That's a bit of a double edged sword though, because people who have already read many other novels in the line and regularly play the miniature combat game may find the descriptions overly tedious. The story deals with three new scouts recruited into the Imperial Fists chapter, who all come from different warring factions in the middle of a battle. The back story of each character and their reasons for fighting against each other before being forced to work together makes for good reading, although no one should expect to develop much of a connection with any of them. From their initiation and subsequent training, the three would-be Space Marines are then tasked with defending an isolated world from an incursion by the forces of chaos. Whether it was a page count limit or a conscious decision by the author, for some reason none of the various storylines have any sort of strong resolution. The lack of a definite wrap up to the various story threads gives the book a "snapshot" feel, as though it's just a single clip in a vaster overall movie taking place in the Imperium of Man. "Sons of Dorn" isn't the best Warhammer 40,000 has to offer, but it does have all the elements that make up a decent sci-fi story and enough action to keep things exciting.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Scout's Tale,
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This review is from: Sons of Dorn (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Imperial Fists) (Mass Market Paperback)
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This is a story that follows three young men who are selected to become scouts in the Imperial Fists chapter of the Space Marines. The story begins following each one individually on their homeworld. The novel spends a bit too much time focusing on this part of the characters lives. There are several overlapping sections where the book just feels repetitive, telling and retelling the same events from the different perspectives of each of the main characters. Once the three are selected to become Scouts, the book becomes a bit more interesting if you are a fan of Space Marines. It goes into some fairly good detail about the process of becoming a Space Marine Scout; the genetic altering, the ritualized teachings and psychic screenings. Again, there are parts that feel quite slow, as it takes quite a while before the recruits are allowed to take part in any battles. Once the Scouts are finally pitted against their enemy, a large army of Slaanesh cultist Imperial Guardsmen, the book begins to pick up somewhat. Still there are many times when the book seems to be repeatedly covering the same information again and again which gets quite tedious.
I would recommend this book to a Warhammer 40,000 fan who is interested in the Imperial Fists, but moreso for those interested in Scouts. In the long run the book feels more like it could really be about any Scout in any Space Marine Chapter, going into very little detail about the rich potential stories of the Imperial Fists Chapter. Special Imperial Fists Character Captain Lysander does make a brief appearance in the book, but really isn't much of a factor. All in all the book is an average read which could have been drastically improved by simply being shorter. It seems like there is a great deal of repetition which makes the book read quite slowly at time and gets quite frustrating. So, in short, only read this book if you are really a big fan of Space Marine Scouts.
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