Hereticus

Eisenhorn: Warhammer 40,000, Book 3

By: Dan Abnett

Narrated by: Toby Longworth

Book 3 in the Eisenhorn series.

Inquisitor Eisenhorn returns, and this time he’s on the edge of treachery. How far can he go before he crosses the line and becomes what he is sworn to hunt?

Listen to It Because:

Eisenhorn seeks the truth behind a string of disappearances centred around a travelling carnival and a pictographer whose images are more than they seem. Inquisitor Eisenhorn has saved worlds and beaten bad guys galore, in short, he's a hero. But he's also done some dodgy things, and they're coming back to haunt him... His struggle to justify his actions (especially the daemon summoning) make this an incredibly compelling read and rounds off the trilogy perfectly.

The Story:

Hunted by his former allies as a radical and enemy of the Imperium, Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn must fight to prove that he remains loyal as he tracks down a dangerous heretic whom the Inquisition believes dead, the dread former Inquisitor Quixos. As he grows more desperate for victory, Eisenhorn uses ever darker means to achieve his goals, but how far can he go using the weapons of the enemy until he becomes that very enemy, and no different to the traitor he hunts?

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Another Fantastic Collaboration

Great voice-acting and enthralling story! An epic novel to finish out the Eisenhorn trilogy. On to the next novel of the grimdark.

Must read!

Very enjoyable book! Must read for anybody who likes 40k. Would highly recommend to people that are just looking for a good book to read.

quiet

everything about this book was amazing. only criticism is that the audio is a bit quiet and hard to hear with out headphones.

Great

the only thing that could have been better about this book would have been a stronger ending, one that more cohesively summarizes the three books and explain Eisenhorn's feelings about the outcome

great book

the last of the series so far. fantastic story that introduced Ravener and the series of book.

Fantastic audio book

Excellent book! Highly recommend. I could not stop listening. Great to listen to while hobbying.

This guy just can't stop making good books!

Tragic, exciting, all-encompassing. This was a great read, and I can't wait to read all the Ravenor books!

How do you know when you've crossed the line?

For those who didn't like the story, I think they missed the point of Eisenhorns character arc.

This is the story of a man so driven to eradicate the evil he is fighting against that there is quite literally nothing which he will not do to defeat it. Throughout the books, we see him slowly edging closer towards the "line" he swore he would never cross. And at some point he did cross it...but when?

And finally, after defeating the evil he was so "hell-bent" on destroying, where is he? A broken and isolated man, most of his friends dead, delcared a heretic, and his only remaining companion is literally a demon. A fitting end to a story that is a tragedy of a man who allows the evil he is fighting to turn him into a mirror reflection of it.

The only criticism I can think of was that this story arc was a little un-subtle at times, with too much exposition from the main character. We get it, just let the story tell itself through the events and actions of the characters.

The performance was good. I think the Ciaphas Cain stories had far better narration, as this narrator tends to use the same 3 or 4 voices for all the side characters. But it didn't detract from the story.

The best book of the trilogy.

My only complaint was the "saintly" and above "reproach" portrayal of the female characters. They apparently can do wrong and deserve no criticism or punishment. Even when being disobedient and insubordinate to the Inquisitor.

Loved it

The book is excellent, the characters are powerful — Abnett is great. But damn, Toby Longworth sure can read a book. Listen to him, see for yourself.