![]() ![]() Eisenhorn is presented with a threat to the Imperium that will require him to put aside his puritan beliefs in favour of pragmatic radicalism. ![]() This is because ‘Malleus’ is a book all about choices. ![]() During the bloody aftermath, our hero, Gregor Eisenhorn, discovers an act of treachery so abhorrent that it will test his loyalty to the Inquisition to its limits. ![]() What happens next is one of the most devastating acts of terrorism that could ever possibly be envisioned. That is until it all goes horribly wrong. This was a celebration of such epic proportions, there to entirely showcase the strength, pride and the martial power of the human race. All of which, looked upon by millions of Imperial citizens across the entire planet. A victory parade so large it was said to stretch 20 miles long, it included two Adeptus Astartes Chapters, 500,000 Imperial Guard, over 300 Inquisitors, representatives of the Imperial Ecclesiarchy, Departmento Munitorum, and Imperial Navy as well as a number War Machines from the Legio Titanicus. Nothing highlights this point more clearly than the Holy Novena on Thracian Primaris. The stakes are higher, the threats are more potent, and there is no guarantee of anyone's safety. 'Malleus' takes the characters and the world that was established in the original novel, 'Xenos', and then builds on it. What I mean by this is that the novel doesn't rehash the same old scenarios from the original but instead produce something new. 'Malleus' is one of the better examples of novel "Sequelitis". ![]()
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