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I know it's confusing as there are a few novels/short stories called "deathwatch" but I'm talking about this one: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/Protilious/Prots%20Deathwatch%2040K/BLPROCESSED-deathwatch-ebook.jpg I just had to make a post about this. I get a lot of inspiration from the novels, and audiobooks. But a lot of them are pretty mediocre stuff, or just too short to really get you involved to any real depth. This Deathwatch novel is surprising the heck out of me though. From page one it's been very interesting. I'm not quite halfway through it, but the whole premise has been done (in part) many times.... but this is a really interesting take on it. Basically we're talking about Nids. Nids are coming... and what can the Imperium do about it? Deathwatch might be the obvious answer but it turns out an Inquisitor tried to handle this situation but has made it far worse (you gotta love upper management making the work twice as hard!) No spoilers though, you'll have to read to know why this is the case.... We're seeing lots of Artemis in this novel. Exploration of the basic layout of Black Fortresses, and outposts. How we operate, and the dire situation at hand is all revealed here. So far I've enjoyed this more than any other piece of Deathwatch fiction I've read to date. I don't want to get your hopes up too much, and this may not be setting the bar too high, but still I highly recommend it to anyone enjoying the recent Nid releases and Deathwatch stuff. Personally I am really enjoying the insight into the background. The scene set ups are quite epic too... imagining a starport bristling with Corvus Blackstars and other ships can get any Xenos hunter's blood pumping! I haven't read it all yet obviously but just assume if you keep reading it there are SPOILERS below, and that could include any posts other people make so please be forewarned. So if you've read this and have an opinion on it, I'd love to hear what you thought of it, and how you'd rank it amongst the current Deathwatch fiction line.