Product Description

In the war-torn future of the 41st millennium, the Inquisition fights a secret war against the darkest enemies of mankind - the alien, the heretic and the daemon. The three stories in this omnibus tell the tale of Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his lethal band of operatives, whose investigations take them from the heart of the Scarus Sector to the wildest regions of space beyond, and even through time itself. Wherever they go, and whatever dangers they face, they will never give up until their mission succeeds. Contains the novels Ravenor, Ravenor Returned and Ravenor Rogue, plus two short stories and an introduction by the author.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13648 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 892 pages

Review
"It's a big, sprawling, Gothic-style universe, filled with high tech, SF goodness with a liberal dose of decay and squalor... Abnett does a bang up job of detailing the various settings in the book and bringing the universe to life. It feels lived in, alive." (SF SIGNAL) "...a highly cinematic read, in which Abnett delivers a convincing, intricately constructed future, filled with interesting characters." (SF SITE)

About the Author
Dan Abnett lives and works in Maidstone, Kent, in England. Well known for his comic work, he has written everything from the Mr Men to the X-Men. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and, with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers.

Customer Reviews

Dan Abnett fails at last
Not as good as Eisenhorn (Eisenhorn Omnibus). That's this review in one line.

The book takes characters from that previous work and tells their continuing adventures, yet seems unsure as to how exactly to do so. Eisenhorn benefitted from its first-person narrative, spinning a brilliant mystery and really getting inside the head of the protagonist.

Here, first- and third-person alternate seemingly a random throughout the book, and in the final third the tense awkwardly shifts to present a couple of times. The whole results in a disjointed reading experience, amplified somewhat by cutting away far too many times to the villains of the piece.

While Eisenhorn uncovered the plots of his opposition first hand, Ravenor is left to play catch up, as the reader is well aware of what is going on in advance of the inquisitor's investigation. The fact that many of those investigations and set-pieces take place without a prior description of why (often Ravenor's team will be infiltrating a building or institution, with the reader not knowing why until they've accomplished their task, robbing them of any sense of investment in the outcome) leaves the achievements of the heroes somewhat hollow.

While the villains have exciting psychic duels with daemons, the heroes are quietly infiltrating a filing and processing building. The contrast in interesting passages could not be more clearly defined. Even when the heroes get to have their climactic fights with their nemeses, often another character or coincidental event will rob them of a true victory, diminishing them.

I really expected more of Dan Abnett.

awseome read for abnett fans!
well, ravenor the omnibus...

It has everything that people who have read previous dan abnett books will expect, tension, explosive action scenes, brilliant character development, and splashings of dark humour throuhgout. All three of the novels seem very well connected, and do a very good job of carrying on where the previous had left off.

This is my favourite abnett book, and i think that although sometimes the narrative can be a little confusing with the occasional, sudden switch of viewpoint, it is definitely one to read for fans and newcomers alike to Bl publications!

Sloppy
I must agree with the other 2 star review here, this book is nowhere near the quality that one would expect from anything connected to the Eisenhorn series. Don't feel that you have to buy this if you are an Eisenhorn fan, you'll be dissappointed. The third book is especially bad, I'd call the ending an anti-climax but in truth it was a relief to be finished. 3/10