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Malleus

di Dan Abnett

Serie: Eisenhorn (December 2001 - #2), Inquisitor (Author's Reading Order) (2), Warhammer 40,000 (fiction) (Eisenhorn novel #2 (Dec 2001))

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Book 2 in the Eisenhorn series A century after his recovery of the alien Necroteuch, Gregor Eisenhorn is one of the Imperial Inquisition's most celebrated agents. But when a face from his past returns to haunt him, and he is implicated in a great tragedy that devastates the world of Thracian Primaris, Eisenhorn's universe crumbles around him. The daemon Cherubael is back, and seeks to bring the inquisitor to ruin - either by his death, or by turning him to the service of the Dark Gods.  … (altro)
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Maybe it's just been a long time since Xenos, but this book seemed a bit flat for me. Abnett's writing is great, but the Inquisitor-hijinks plot just didn't grab me. ( )
  Kavinay | Jan 2, 2023 |
En el cuadragésimo primer milenio, existen legiones de enemigos de la humanidad, omnipresentes y absolutamente letales. Mientras los guerreros del Imperio combaten con potencia de guego y con fe, la Santa Inquisición caza entre las sombras a los oponentes más terribles: a los psíquicos descontrolados, a los xenoxy a los demonios. El Inquisidor Eisenhorn debe seguir el rastro y derrotar a las fuerzas que desean destruirlo o enfrentarse a las iras del Ordo Malleus.
  Natt90 | Jun 24, 2022 |
Expect lots of war and gore. Weird characters. ( )
  rolnickj | Nov 7, 2020 |
The action and intrigue from Xenos continues into Malleus. Just before that however, my edition comes with the short story "Missing in Action" which discloses the investigation of several murders that appear to be the work of a Chaos cult in the city of Urbitane.

Taking place several months after the events of Xenos, this little mystery is fun to follow since it appears obvious from early on who the killers are, but their motivations were a tragic surprise. It also shows a side of an inquisitor, let alone Gregor, that is rarely seen. The killers were former Imperial Guardsmen with bad cases of PTSD who see the forces of Chaos around every corner. Gregor was willing to show mercy, unheard of from an inquisitor. But this is Warhammer 40k, where hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

The novel proper takes place about a century after Xenos, with Gregor doing what he does best. In addition to the investigations and fights from Xenos, Eisenhorn must also protect himself from the inquisition. The daemonhost Cherubael has been mentioning Gregor by name, creating suspicions that Gregor has been consorting with Chaos. This, along with Gregor surviving a attack on an Imperial parade and other (un?)fortunate coincidences causes the inquisition to formally charge Gregor with treason. The "cop chasing criminals while also on the run from the law" isn't the most original idea, but it's done well enough here to be entertaining.

Throughout the second half of the book, when Gregor works out who is behind the daemonhosts, Gregor's beliefs show more signs of shifting in a darker direction. Pontius Glaw, the disembodied heretic from Xenos, makes a return. When Gregor comes to him for information, he takes pleasure in seeing Gregor reach the point of no return. His confrontation with the fallen inquisitor Quixos feels like a foreshadowing of where Gregor's path is taking him. The epilogue further shows Gregor slipping away from his puritanical stance into becoming what he fights so hard against.

I'm enjoying this trilogy, and want to see the end, despite seeing the tragedy that's coming. It's not high literature, but the action is fun and the psychological changes in Eisenhorn are engaging. ( )
  High_Enginseer | Apr 24, 2020 |
This book is, more or less, exactly as it presents itself to be: a pulpy sci-fi fantasy about a guy with an impossibly cool outfit and a big gun. However, that does not mean that it's no good. Dan Abnett is perhaps most well known for his 'Gaunts Ghost' series of Warhammer 40000 novels, following a company of unusual Imperial soldiers with an even more unusual leader. With the Eisenhorn Trilogy, he takes a rather different route. Released nearly in tangent with the Games Workshop 'Inquisitor' game, the books follow the investigations of an Inquisitor Eisenhorn and his coterie as they uncover numerous plots of heresy and corruption within the Imperium. They are not fantastically written, but measure up to an author like Clive Cussler in both pacing and engrossment. Abnett makes his character's smart, but just enough that the reader can keep up with them, mixing both mystery and action in a read you just can't put down. Often, the protagonists will speak in a sort of improvised cipher, which can be fun to try and figure out. I'll be honest, after reading all three books in quick succession, I began to inadvertently drop words of this code into my own language, which may or may not have been a good thing.

If you are already a fan of the Warhammer 40k Universe, these books give a great peek at the civilian workings of the Imperium of Man and showcase many different strange and frightening worlds. If you are not learned with the background material, they may be a little hard to follow at times. Luckily, it is more or less character driven, and every time one of them meets a fate worse than death, you'll be sorry to see them go. ( )
  Magus_Manders | Dec 22, 2007 |
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Po sto let dlouhé, kruté válce, byl Ophiďanský subsektor konečně dobyt pro Boha Císaře. Na Thracian Primaris se koná velký triumf na oslavu vítězství, ale radost vystřídá tragédie tak obrovská svým rozsahem, že zdrtí i v bitvách zakalené Impérium. Inkvizitor Gregor Eisenhorn se pustí do vyšetřování původců toho zvěrstva, přestože je jeho vlastní reputace silně pošramocená zprávami o jeho neortodoxních metodách.
Jak se nitky případu rozplétají, Eisenhorn objeví spojení se sto let starým případem a začne směřovat ke střetu s démonickým Cherubaelem a jeho neznámým pánem…
Druhé pokračování trilogie o inkvizitoru Eisenhornovi z temné budoucnosti Warhammeru 40 000.
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Book 2 in the Eisenhorn series A century after his recovery of the alien Necroteuch, Gregor Eisenhorn is one of the Imperial Inquisition's most celebrated agents. But when a face from his past returns to haunt him, and he is implicated in a great tragedy that devastates the world of Thracian Primaris, Eisenhorn's universe crumbles around him. The daemon Cherubael is back, and seeks to bring the inquisitor to ruin - either by his death, or by turning him to the service of the Dark Gods.  

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