Product Description

There are times when the scale of a daemonic infestation is such that even the most formidable and righteous Inquisitors need to call upon aid to triumph. High speed action and adventure with the elite Grey Knights as they struggle to banish the powerful daemin Ghargatuloth before time runs out and the creature is free to rampage aroung the universe! Ben Counter's lates foray into the war-torn far future is packed with white hot action featuring the superhuman daemonhunters - the Grey Knights. From the epic clash between man and infernal daemon to the dark horrors of Chaos, Ben Counter hits the target on every level!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #190699 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
Dark and dangerous in equal quantities - SFX Great SF from a very dark future - Starlog

Customer Reviews

A Good Read...
I liked this book a lot. It's my first Ben Counter novel, but won't be my last. Well written and reasonably well paced.

My only gripe is that the battles scenes seemd a bit too perfunctory to me, as if the author was going through the motions just to get past them and on to the more interesting parts, such as character development and backstory (which are both done well I think). Battle scenes lacked real intensity and emotion in my view.

But nevertheless, I still recommend it.

For all-out space action, this book does have it all!
Seemingly from the very beginning of this book in a series of books regarding the Grey Knights (futuristic space Marines) ferocious fighting against "daemons", etc., is in place and in your face (in a good way). I am not as familiar with this series as some, so I'll be back-ordering my way to the very origins of these Grey Knights and their space opera action. I eagerly add this particular copy to my other sci-fi books of old and new: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.

Ben Counter Delivers
Any fan of the Warhammer 40k universe should already be familiar with the Grey Knights. And to most of us, they are one of the most interesting yet mysterious Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium. With this in mind, one's expectations would be pretty high when beginning this novel, but once again, Ben Counter delivers a solid and impressive story. Well, for those of you benighted souls who don't recognize the Grey Knights Space Marine Chapter, the Grey Knights are the Chamber Militant of the Inquisition's Ordo Malleus. Translation: They kill daemons for a living! Yes, that's right. Grey Knights are Marines specially trained and outfitted for the sole purpose of killing anything that comes out of the warp. So, of course, any novel about the Grey Knights should have, say, inquisitors? Check. Daemons? Check. Intrigue? Check. Psykers? Check. Ferocious, bloody, detailed, all-out warfare? Check. Yes, that's right, this novel has it all. Ben Counter provides, in my opinion, his best work yet, giving Warhammer 40k fans almost everything they could ask for in one nice, long (400 pages!) novel. Now you might have noticed that I really haven't gone into the details of the plot, but really, think about it. What do you think a novel about the Grey Knights should have? Make a wish list. Then keep it with you while you read this novel, because you're gonna get everything you asked for.