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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Games Workshop Catalog: Book Release date: 2007-03-27 Media: Mass Market Paperback Number of pages: 416 Ean: 9781844164592 Book Isbn: 1844164594  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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| Having witnessed the events on Istvaan III, Deathguard Captain Garro seizes a ship and heads to Terra to warn the Emperor of Horus's treachery. But the fleeing Eisenstein is damaged by enemy fire, and becomes stranded in the warp. Can Garro and his men survive the depradations of Chaos and get his warning to Terra in time? |
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Written on May 2, 2007 Summary: Not bad but perhaps a different title might have been more appropriate. Having read books number one and three in this series, I was expecting this book to pretty much be about the Eisenstein being lost in the warp. Imagine my surprise when almost two thirds of the book is about some guy called Garro who has absolutely nothing to do with any of the previous characters or the Eisenstein until nearly halfway through the book, and then mostly tangentially. Overall not a bad read, but the book is really more about a new hero for the Horus Heresy era rather than the Eisenstein itself, so a different title may be better to avoid misleading readers. Written on May 2, 2007 Summary: Keeping the story together Well I have to say is that the first review is really all you need to know and should easily persuade you to grab this book. I also want to add that fourth book in the ongoing saga of the Horus Heresy does not fail to keep the torch burning. I was able to finish this book in a short manner and found that it was lacking for a few more "battles" as compared to the other three books. Swallow does spin the tale of CPT Garro well all the way to the very ending of the beginning of the famed and notoroious "I" (dont want to reveal to much of the ending!). But I was left with a very large feeling of wanting more. There were a few heroic moments that made the hairs on my neck standup and would have to seen more of that but looking at the saga of books... It just makes sense for the Black Library to keep you wanting more so you continue buying the next one and the next one and so on and so on... I would say with that in mind I am addicted! I loved the book and loved that it continued the story of how the word got passed to the Emperor of Horus' betrayal. I really enjoyed the point of view from CPT Garro but would have enjoyed it much more if there was a few more chapters in character development of CPT Garro and the other captains that surronded the Death Guard Primarch. Some of the other details that were omitted which would have made the story and the charcter stronger would have been the actual account of the battle where CPT Garro fights alongside Tarvitz and the others to show how that bond become so strong. So in short, pick this up! Its a great and quick read and does a very good job of continuing the saga. It isnt the best one but it still delivers and does keep the pace. And finally, anyone who could survive a beeyotch slap from Rogal Dorn is a bad mamba-jamba! I look forward to the upcoming stories of CPT Garro and the creation of the "I".  Written on April 13, 2007 Summary: The tale of Garro is well told and adds more backstory to the Horus Heresy The Flight of the Eisenstein marks the continuation of the Horus Heresy Saga which began with Dan Abnett's Horus Rising and followed up by both Graham McNeill's False Gods and Ben Counter's Galaxy In Flames. James Swallow takes on the 4th book in the saga and he continues to show definite improvement with his grasp of the rich, detailed history and backstory that is Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 Universe. The Flight of the Eisenstein is a very well-written and Swallow does a great job in bringing the epic story of the Heresy to a smaller, but still interesting stage. The Flight of the Eisenstein is shown through the eyes of Battle-Captain Nathaniel Garro of the Death Guard Legion's 7th Company. Garro's seen as well-liked and respected by his men and some of his peers outside his Company. His character shares the same nobility and introspective nature as the previous three books main characters in the Luna Wolves' Garviel Loken and the Emperor's Children's Saul Tarvitz. This helps tie Garro to the path he'll soon take as one of the few loyalist survivors of Horus' betrayal of the Emperor and the Legiones Astartes at Istvaan III. But before Garro will lead his company to flight in order to take Horus' betrayal to the Emperor in far-off Terra, he and the rest of the Death Guard are shown just how effective a war machine they are with their assault and determined annihilation of an alien race called the jorgalli. It is also in the novel's opening battle with this alien race where Garro first hears the psychic warnings that will soon tear the Astartes brotherhood asunder. Soon Garro must follow his Primarch Mortation and the rest of the Death Guard to the Istvaan system where they meet up with the rest of Horus' task force. Garro and his men are too late to stop the actions his Primarch makes in support of Horus' plan but they make a desperate escape of the traitor legions' fleet blockade. It is during the escape and their subsequent attempts to survive in the Warp with a damaged ship which takes up the bulk of the novel. It is during this middle-half of the book which shows the internal dilemmas each Death Guard must face on their own after seeing what they've believed in and fought for just thrown away by their Legion and battle-brothers. Some make it through the crisis of faith whole and stronger for it while others succumb to the easy way out which Horus and his followers took to retain power and influence. Swallow really does a great job in introducing not just the Death Guard, but also some of the more unique forces protecting the Imperium. The exotic and mysterious Sisters of Silence make their appearance and becomes a major factor in determining the fate of Garro and his men in the final third of the book. Even the Emperor's own personal guard, the Legiones Custodes, make a brief appearance in the end. James Swallow really sets up well the next stage of the Horus Heresy saga and he follows the guidelines set before him by others writers instead of going off on a wild tangent which doesn't even resemble the 40k universe as he did with the two books about the Blood Angels. The Flight of the Eisenstein marks the 4th and continuing excellent storytelling of the biggest event in Warhammer 40k's history: The Horus Heresy. James Swallow does a great job in keeping the story from becoming just another big war story and actually infuses the novel with characters that were well-rounded. The next book in the series will be the one titled Fulgrim and will deal with that Primarch's rise and fall as one of the Emperor's sons. It will have quite a standard to reach for after The Flight of the Eisentein and the three prececing books. Written on April 11, 2007 Summary: Flight of the Eisenstein I enjoyed the book thoroughly. Its very interesting that a different author is writing each book in this series. I hope this series carries on for a while, its nice to see how it all started instead of vague references to the heresy in other books.  Written on March 30, 2007 Summary: Not too bad, not too good. I did enjoy this book and was impressed in some ways with Mr. Swallow's writing but overall, I was not locked into the story. I felt it lacked some of the enormous impact and feeling that was set up in the previous books, such as in Horus Rising by Abnett. The first half sort of retells "Galaxy in Flames" from a different point of view, which was cool and disappointing at the same time. Not a bad effort at all, but don't expect the magic from the previous books. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2007-03-27 | 2007-07-31 | 2006-10-09 | 2006-07 | 2007-10-30 | 2006-04-25 |
| Media | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of pages | 416 | 512 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 416 |
| Ean | 9781844164592 | 9781844164769 | 9781844163939 | 9781844163700 | 9781844165087 | 9781844162949 |
| Book Isbn | 1844164594 | 1844164764 | 1844163938 | 1844163709 | 1844165086 | 184416294X |
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