Hyaenidae Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 No, Seriously, there will be many, many spoilers ahead; Too many to black out. Ye been warned, lads and lasses..... Well, generally I don't come down into the hallowed halls of the Inquisition, as my more... grey area *cough*... leanings are frowned upon by the Holy Ordos, lol. Nonetheless, I felt compelled to ask those of you who have read Pariah how you felt about the book. Myself, I thoroughly enjoyed going down memory lane, as the Eisenhorn Trilogy is, in my opinion, one of the greatest 40k pieces ever made. So many old characters and personalities (or their offspring) make an appearence, that I couldn't help but feel like I was reading the old trilogy over again, and anew. The return of the Glaws, the Emperor's Children, Cherubael.... so awesome. KNowing that the whole book was a set-up for a climatic finale between Eisenhorn and Ravenor just made the book so much more intense. One thing, though, blew my mind clean out the back of my head, and still has me boggled. Towards the end of the book, after "Deathrow" faced down Teke of the Emperor's Children, Beta asked "Deathrow" his true name after finding out that he was one of Eisenhorns' "specialist" agents and not one of the Warblind. I was expecting all sorts of different answers, maybe a link to the old Eisenhorn or Ravenor trilogies... I wasn't expecting him to say "I am Alpharius". Okay...hold on a sec... how in the nine hells did Eisenhorn get a freakin' Alpha Legionaire on his team?!? Did I miss something, or was this a shock to you too? What would a son of the Hydra get out of working with Eisenhorn (other than being the awesomest team-up ever)? And this brings up the oldest question in the book.... Are the Alpha Legion loyalists, or traitors? Your thoughts? What did you like or dislike? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269273-pariah/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Right, I'm getting the book RIGHT NAO! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269273-pariah/#findComment-3279948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 And now you know why I haven't had a chance to start my LPC vow, lol. Well, that, and Black Ops II..... ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269273-pariah/#findComment-3279949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Yeah, that 'I am Alpharius' thing threw me too. No doubt Abnett has a good explanation for that. No idea what it could potentially be, but still. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/269273-pariah/#findComment-3280150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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