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Very short review of the Eisenhorn trilogy by Dan Abnett
Wanted some innocuous bedtime reading and was playing a WH40K game, so I decided to check out the related literature.
I'm aware that much of WH40K literature is a bit basic, so I checked somewhere - either the 40KLore reddit or I asked Deepseek about the 'best written' stuff and was told it's the Eisenhorn trilogy* by Dan Abnett so I started reading them in order.
They're sort of mystery/ procedurals following the career of the titular Inquisitor Eisenhorn- probably a decent introduction to WH40k to people unaware of the setting. It's nothing great, I'd say it's like.. 1 level above Clancy in writing quality, maybe a level under Iain M. Banks. Not regretting reading them at all, it's quite readable and fairly well written.
A pleasant ending is simply not a possibility, neither is retirement unless it's of the medical sort. The books sort of attempt to describe it but it doesn't succeed nearly as well as it should.
The mystery part isn't aided by it being a part of an established canon, though. Something like 'Declare' by Powers is a somewhat better book - I strongly recommend it, but partly because it's a genuine mystery and novelty - something not entirely possible in something like WH40 where t he supernatural is the same sort of problem as say, the mob or rats. Severe, serious and persistent problems but not actually mysterious much.
The best Warhammer books are Ciaphas Cain. Now Sandy Mitchell is just marginally better author than brandon sanderson*, but his books have no right being this much pulpy fun.
*For anyone doubting Brandon Sanderson is harder to read than Joyce I present you the part of Rhythm of War that is between the front and the back cover.
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