<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/31.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?
There are a lot of Black Library books nowadays, and I'm wary of buying some at random until I find one I like. I should say that I have also read Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts books and they are also awesome, but his take on the "civilian" side of 40k lore is what I really enjoy. I have tried other Black Library authors but they were really, really bad.

Does anyone have any suggestions? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270726.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270726.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270730.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270730.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?
Also, if you haven't read any of the below, they are all other ravenor or eisenhorn novels or novellas:

Pariah
The Keeler Image
The Magos
Master Imus' Transgression
Thorn And Talon
Backcloth For A Crown Additional
Missing In Action
Regia Occulta
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]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270920.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? 40k fiction, a lot try to emulate it but ultimately fail, every other series has big highs and lows but none have the same consistency as that series.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270935.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10270935.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? IG and the Space Marines, then there are a couple others you might like.

The Shira Calpurnia series (Crossfire, Legacy and Blind by Matthew Farrer, gathered in the Enforcer omnibus). More of a cop drama than the Inquisition drama, but still largely focused on civilian affairs and investigation.

Scourge the Heretic by Sandy Mitchell is another good one. It's also focused on an Inquisitorial retinue, so there's some familiarities there you might enjoy.

There's several good short stories out there focused more on the "little people" in the 41st Millennium, so you might like that too.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271152.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271152.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?
Honestly, just read anything by Abnett. His stuff is pretty solid.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271170.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271170.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?
 Kriswall wrote:
Honestly, just read anything by Abnett. His stuff is pretty solid.


I must admit that Abnett greatest strength is world building. In his later Gaunt's Ghost novels, there is a lot about life in the guard outside of combat and about civilians living around and with them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271191.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271191.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? 40k universe. Plenty of civilian input in that.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271196.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271196.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? Inquisitor[]I/ / [I]Draco by Ian Watson is pretty good, too. Don't worry about the details - it's over twenty years and seven editions old, so some things don't fit with the current setting - but it gets the feel of 40k excellently.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271293.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271293.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271313.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271313.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?
 Jimsolo wrote:
The Shira Calpurnia series (Crossfire, Legacy and Blind by Matthew Farrer, gathered in the Enforcer omnibus). More of a cop drama than the Inquisition drama, but still largely focused on civilian affairs and investigation.

The Shira Calpurnia books were my favorites for a long time.

The Carrion Throne was also very good, as has already been mentioned.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271414.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10271414.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library?
The Carrion Throne is the bleakest look at life in the Imperium yet, while also exploring Terra and the intrigues that form between Inquisitors. Guest starring the Custodes.

The Macharius trilogy is more light hearted. It follows the lives of a few lucky grunts who remain close to Macharius through much of his crusade, with a few Godfather 2 flashbacks to their civilian lives along the way. The series starts really strong(ly) but the third books feels rushed or badly edited.

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Avoid the Dark Heresy tie-in novels. Just.... not good. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10276744.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10276744.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10295228.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10295228.page GMT Just finished re-reading Eisenhorn/Ravenor. Are there any similar works in Black Library? 40k. Here’s some recommendations for what few civil 40k books I’ve come across.

Necromunda books are the most obvious. Here’s my top three:
Salvation. My favorite necromunda novel. Follow a munitorum scribe in his daily life untill events force him on an adventure raging from the top to the bottom of the hive.

Lamplighter. An underhive technician who works with keeping lights working. Lots of underhive politics at play.

Kale Jericho series. Mostly here for their lengths and influence. Gives plenty of insight into how 40k nobility work.

That’s it for necromunda. Next up I’d recommend enforcer, the Shria Calpurcia series.

Next, and probably the best sourced is the Dark Heresy rulebook. Primarily first edition. Has just so much stuff on civilian 40k life that it’s not even funny.

Lastly a reccomendation of a war novel. Fire Caste. I mention it because it’s just so 40k. Probably the most 40k book I’ve read after Eisenhorn.


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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18144139-the-strange-demise-of-titus-endor

The story can be an extremely emotional experience for some, as it is a very thinly veiled reference to an all to real horror that many people have experienced or seen a loved one succumb to.

Speaking of emotional, if you're an eisenhorn fan this will hit you a little.

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The first book of the Horus Heresy series - Horus Rising - by Abnett himself also has some "small people" in it . I liked it a lot, because on the contrast with "small people" the other supernatural parts of the 40k lore look more vivid.

Btw, the picture in the post above is awesome! I remember it touched me a lot when I saw it first time after finishing reading the books. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10299420.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/768273/10299420.page GMT