Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus) [Paperback]

William King (Author), Lee Lightner (Author)

Book Description

Series: Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus | Publication Date: September 29, 2009

The Space Wolf Omnibus combines superb science-fiction drama with military battles on an epic scale, featuring the legendary hero Ragnar Blackmane.

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About the Author

William King was born in Stranraer, Scotland in 1959. His short stories have appeared in the Year's Best SF, Zenith, White Dwarf and Interzone. He is the creator of the much-loved Gotrek & Felix characters and has also written four Space Wolf novels. Lee Lightner is the pen name of Jeff Smith and Harry Heckel - two former Games Workshop employees and experts on the world of Space Wolf.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Games Workshop; Original edition (September 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844167755
• ISBN-13: 978-1844167753
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Aeons ago seeking a better life than that offered as a dole claimant under the gloomy skies of his grim northern homeland, Bill King fled south to the ancient, daemon haunted metropolis of Nottingheim.

Amid its narrow alleys and fog-shrouded streets, he stumbled into the unhallowed precincts of the Low Pavement Studios of the Workshop of Games where he was initiated into the blood-stained mysteries of the Adeptus Scriptorum.

After years of grueling toil amid the clatter of the great Script Engines, he clambered to the position of Scribe Third Class With Very Occasional Responsibility for Game Development. Driven mad by the endless perusal of forbidden books he took flight, passing through the fleshpots of South East Asia and Stranraer till he eventually came to rest in the doomed city of Prague, from which he makes occasional forays into the great world beyond.

The sound of buckets of six-sided dice being thrown onto baize covered tabletops haunts his dreams still.

Bill King is the author of over 20 novels, an Origins Award winning game designer, husband, father and player of MMOs. His short stories have appeared in Interzone and Years Best SF. He lives in Prague, Czech Republic.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ragnar returns, November 30, 2009

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This review is from: Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus) (Paperback)

It was with great excitement that I ordered the Second Omnibus, and I quickly reread the Space Wolf Omnibus: Spacewolf / Ragnar's Claw / Grey Hunter (Warhammer 40,000) to refresh myself. The Second Omnibus keeps the pace, story, and flow of the First Omnibus and keeps going strong. It was a book that I was hard pressed to put down each night. Ragnar has definitely grown up.

I believe someone who has not read the First Omnibus could pick up this book and would get most of the story, which is nice for a book series. It is also some of the most interesting reading in the Wh40k universe out side of Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn (A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Couldnt finish due to author change., January 2, 2011

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Kurt Langrehr (Nashville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus) (Paperback)

After finishing the first omnibus I bought the second. I should have just bought Wolf Blade as a stand alone novel and stopped when WK (William King) did. Which is my advice for anyone thinking of buying this omnibus. Stick with King. I couldn't finish Sons of Fenris cause I couldn't stand what LL (Lee Lightner)did to WK's work, so I never read Wolf's Honor either. True, my opinion may be a bit slanted, but I read enough to know that I wasn't going to enjoy their work regardless of how much better it got later. You can quit reading here if you like, the rest is just me complaining.

LL picked up where WK left off and immediately dropped the baton. They never get into the heads of the preexisting characters so they just rewrote them as they saw fit. A perfect example is Haegr the Mountain. In the WK novel Haegr was a character that was not only competent, but also played his appearance as an advantage. The big, goofy acting, fat space marine was also fast, deadly, and had FOCUS. The Haegr in the LL novel was a bumbling idiot that was dumb, clumsy, and acted ridiculous. WK Haegr could not only SMELL the scent of gunmetal in a sewer, but could also determine the distance the guns were from him. LL Haegr bonked his head on the inside of a refrigerator and couldn't find a hunk of meat that was literally sitting behind him. They skimmed the book and turned Haegr into a walking cliche instead of building on the character that WK had already made.

Also disappointing was how LL only gave absolutely no personality to any new space wolves at all. You don't even learn their names until long after their mentioned the first time. They had a perfect opportunity to add new characters to the fold, but instead chose to just give them names and let them drop like flies. I also find it hard to believe that 3/4 of the entire Wolf Blades who were tasked to protect an entire Household of navigators would be sent to follow 1 navigator to a backwoods planet, especially since the house was still recovering from the MAJOR tragedy where their guards and soldiers were almost completely whipped out. But they send away almost all of their greatest source of martial power to protect one person? No. Sorry, doesn't make sense to me.

5.0 out of 5 stars JUST FINISHED READING BOTH OMNIBUS AND HUNGRY FOR MORE!, December 12, 2010

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I spent the last 4 weeks reading these two space marine omnibus books. I wasn't a fan of science fiction books or books in general until I picked the 1st omnibus up. I'm a heavy PS3 / XBOX 360 / PC gamer. But I took time to put down my controls to read the first omnibus recommended by a friend at work and read the 1st then 2nd omnibus almost single everyday. Now I am seriously hooked and want to go know more about the 40k series and find a good one to read next. Any recommendations?? I dont know if I will play the associated board game, I visited a GW workshop and found they're kinda expensive but I might go for a set of wolf chapter marines, who knows.*

((SPOILER ALEART)) don't blame me if didnt read it yet and you read this next part.

P.S. I miss Haeger. brave soul. RIP. That made me sad after putting this book down one last time today. And I hope theres a story or book about the lost 13th company inside the the eye of terror coming back to Fenris one day, that would be cool. overall great story.