Titanicus by Dan Abnett
(Black Library, 2009, PB, £7.99)
The world of Orestes comes under attack from a legion of chaos Titans; an Imperial detachment is sent to save the day. The set-up is deceivingly simple, the execution is as wonderfully thrilling as you would expect from Abnett, the master of future war novels. This could have easily been a simple yarn about giant machines destroying cities and tearing great chunks out of each other – instead Abnett keeps the reader invested in the fate of the humans caught up in this apocalyptic struggle. As he’s done before with his Eisenhorn series, Abnett shows a real talent for writing political intrigue and reminds us that humans can be just as nasty as any warp-twisted spawn.
Jonathan Taylor, Geekzine Assistant Editor (& Lead Bookseller, Waterstone’s Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh)
Please note: This review originally appeared in issue 5 of the Edinburgh Geekzine, published in spring 2010.
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