Interceptor City

[Urauloth]

Ok, so I've been away for a while, and maybe I missed something, but I don't see a thread about this book and I'm surprised. This was pretty long-awaited, no?

 

Anyway, I'm partway through it, so I don't have a complete set of thoughts about it yet, but I'm enjoying it a lot so far. Double Eagle is one of my favourite 40k novels, and I'm very happy with this as a follow-up. Maybe there isn't much talk about it because it's so... polished? There's none of the odd plotting choices or experimental prose here that's made Abnett such a locus of discussion recently, he's just doing the thing he did so successfully for so long: this is a Sabbat Worlds book, and it does what it says on the tin.

 

Anyone else read (or reading) it, and if so what do you make of it?

 

Spoiler

I think the word "fightbird" is being oversold, but I know you can't have a Dan Abnett novel without a new term that overstays its welcome, so...

 

[grailkeeper]

I really enjoyed it although 

 

Spoiler

I wasn't mad about the new subplot introduced about 3/4s of the way through.

 

Whilst crumbs for the murder subplot had been subtly laid before hand, it still felt a bit tacked on. I think Abnett did an incredible job of setting up the world the characters live in, then decided after a while he better introduce a story. I was fine with the main plot. I'd have preferred it remain a war story than become a murder mystery set in a war.

 

The reveal of the killer wasn't great.

Still, Interceptor City, might be my book of the year.

 

Spoilers are for some important stuff that happens near the end. I tried to keep it vague but if you haven't finished it maybe don't open.

Edited March 5 by grailkeeper

[Preliminary Bombardment]

Yeah this is good Abnett, I didn’t get on with the never ending TotD but hes great here 

Edited March 12 by Preliminary Bombardment