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The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts) (Paperback)

by Dan Abnett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Black Library (15 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844162494
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844162499
  • Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 21.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 465,989 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Dan Abnett brings cataclysmic future war to vivid and shocking life with this fantastic companion to the Gaunt's Ghosts series. All the events, battles and personalities that have shaped this massive conflict are covered in painstaking detail accompanied by breathtaking illustrations, maps...and photographs! A must for all fans of Gaunt's Ghosts as well as those with an interest in Warhammer 40,000 and general military fiction and sf.

About the Author

Dan Abnett is the Black Library's best selling author with his Gaunt's Ghosts novels being the flagship series. He is a comics industry legend and has penned scripts for such infamous characters as Batman and teh X-Men.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You think you know the Warhammer 40,000 universe?Think again, 11 Jan 2006
By Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This giant, over sized book is a comprehensive account of the first twenty years of The Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The Imperial Guard, Space Marines, and Navy fight crushing battles against the dread menace of Chaos. This is detailed/narrated by Antonid Biota, a senior tactician on the front line, assigned to the staff of Lord General Van Voytz. Biota has been in the thick of the combat right from the beginning and is able to tell it like it is.

Illustrations abound within the covers and you will find many maps and notes. There are even copies of the Casualty Listings. Pictures, not just illustrations, show the details of the hardware and weapons used by the brave souls that hold Chaos at bay. Confidential orders are spread out for you to read. There are even detailed spreadsheets showing the layers within the Hive cites, such as Sangrel Hive (page 16). Troopers, majors, captains, ranks of all types tell about the battles they faced and the horrors they witnessed. By the end you will feel as though you were there yourself.

All the plans and politics are laid bare for all to see, such as a chart detail showing Cybon's proposed rimward expedition, circa 463, and the trailing zones of the Cabal Systems, showing the border worlds assaulted during Macaroth's initial phase in 770-771 (page 68). The Blood Pact is thoroughly explained, squadron badges are shown, and you even get to see, up close, the ships flown. (The Navy Thunderbolt, Cypra-Mundi Pattern XXI, of the One Hundred and First Pacificus Navy Elite Wing, the 'Apostles' Plane, serial 4548456, flown by Major Dario Quint, "Ace of Aces", is shown on page 82).

***** If you think you know all there is to know about the Warhammer 40,000 universe, then you are sadly mistaken. Your imagination cannot possibly do the battles and weapons justice. This is your one chance to own a piece of the action, to see it through the eyes of those who fought in the bloody clashes. As the Saint Sabbat, Epistles cites, "There are no miracles. There are only men." *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source book, 29 Dec 2005
As a fan of the Gaunt's Ghosts series, and an avid fan of 40k literature, I greatly enjoyed this book. It is a blow-by blow account of the first twenty years of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, narrated from a third person perspective by Antonid Biota, a senior tactical officer who appears fleetingly in successive GG novels. The layout is very appealing, and the text appears to be relatively complete, with ninety five pages of information on the history of the crusade and some detailing on the equipment and foes mentioned in the GG novels which have not previously been given much focus in the 40 k background (e.g. stalk tanks and loxatyl). Best of all though, this looks very much like it could be a genuine Imperial document (much as the Imperial Infantryman's uplifting primer achieved) rather than a hasty rehash of white dwarf articles, as other background books have proven. I heartily recommend this, and hope that more such books will become available from the black library - particularly looking forward to xenology!
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