| ||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Nocturne (Tome of Fire) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
The Salamanders fight to defend their home world against the traitorous Dragon Warriors in the blistering conclusion to the Tome of Fire trilogy.
About the Author
NICK KYME is a writer and editor. He lives in Nottingham where he began a career at Games Workshop on White Dwarf magazine. Now Black Library's Senior Range Editor, Nick's writing credits include the Warhammer 40,000 Tome of Fire trilogy featuring the Salamanders, his Warhammer Fantasy-based dwarf novels and several short stories. Read his blog at www.nickkyme.com
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
*Warning, slight spoilers may be ahead*
Oh dear, after 2 excellent books the climax is a massive let down for me.
My gut reaction was to rate it 2 stars but that's unfair, as a stand alone novel its fast paced with plenty of 40k action and Nick Kyme maintains his excellent characterisation of the salamanders as a chapter and keeps up his entertaining battle descriptions as the salamanders dig in to weather a full scale offensive.
Where it all starts to fall down for me is with the characters. They have been so well written and have been so engaging over the series, a testament to Nick Kyme, that the constant jumping of perspective and relatively short novel length means that individual time seems very short and rushed in places.
Many of them have their plots concluded quickly with little closure or sense of achievement, the protagonist, or at least focal point, of the series Da'kir, who got relatively little show time in book 2 gets arguably less in the final outing, Tsu'gan's resolution also seems rushed out along side the other characters that have been so vividly brought to life in the previous books.
Ultimately it feels overly bloated with characters and thin on content which dilutes and tangles the plot when it needs clarity and direction most of all, it dosent evoke anything like the brilliant ork landing and fighting of 'salamander'.
Overall its an enjoyable read in its own right, but as what should be the crowning and climatic end to an excellent trilogy falls short of the mark and suffers badly for it.
Oh dear, after 2 excellent books the climax is a massive let down for me.
My gut reaction was to rate it 2 stars but that's unfair, as a stand alone novel its fast paced with plenty of 40k action and Nick Kyme maintains his excellent characterisation of the salamanders as a chapter and keeps up his entertaining battle descriptions as the salamanders dig in to weather a full scale offensive.
Where it all starts to fall down for me is with the characters. They have been so well written and have been so engaging over the series, a testament to Nick Kyme, that the constant jumping of perspective and relatively short novel length means that individual time seems very short and rushed in places.
Many of them have their plots concluded quickly with little closure or sense of achievement, the protagonist, or at least focal point, of the series Da'kir, who got relatively little show time in book 2 gets arguably less in the final outing, Tsu'gan's resolution also seems rushed out along side the other characters that have been so vividly brought to life in the previous books.
Ultimately it feels overly bloated with characters and thin on content which dilutes and tangles the plot when it needs clarity and direction most of all, it dosent evoke anything like the brilliant ork landing and fighting of 'salamander'.
Overall its an enjoyable read in its own right, but as what should be the crowning and climatic end to an excellent trilogy falls short of the mark and suffers badly for it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In my time i have read many of theNocturne (Tome of Fire) fantastic warhammer 40,000 books.This book the third in the trilogy was a real classic which featured all the dark side of the 40k universe.
It features full blown war , battles, tougher bad guys and hero's . A real by the seat of your pants read...please buy it and enjoy.....
It features full blown war , battles, tougher bad guys and hero's . A real by the seat of your pants read...please buy it and enjoy.....
Format:Paperback
I must start by saying that since reading the Tome of Fire trilogy, the Salamanders have fast become one of my favorite chapters. This book does not disappoint as it concludes the trilogy nicely. Good action, great set pieces, interesting characterization and a hint of more to come .
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The book that let down the trilogy
well where to start, it is i think in my opinion a dull wish filling final chapter with about as many plot twists as a roman road. Read more
Published 3 months ago by W. John
fast paced
i really enjoyed reading all three book,this one is fast paced from start to finish i would recomend this book you will enjoy it
Published 6 months ago by sinisterleft
Dull
It just didnt seem to go any were. Just dull and pradictable. last two were much better. The only good point was the initiates who got my heart going abit. Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. A. John
Cracking conclusion to the trilogy
The third book in Nick's Salamander Tome of Fire trilogy and one that will have you wondering as to the outcome in a universe where evil can triumph as often as the good. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
