Pandorax
Warhammer 40,000
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4.4 • 53 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
In the Pandorax System, on the death world of Pythos, an ancient secret that has laid buried for millennia has been unearthed… Ignorant of this terror, troopers of the Catachan 183rd, stranded on Pythos and under the command of Colonel ‘Death’ Strike, find themselves under attack by the forces of Chaos. Daemons in their thousands flock the sky, and none other than Warmaster Abaddon leads the attack. With the Death Guard and Black Legion arrayed against them, the Catachans appear to be doomed, until salvation arrives in the form of the entire Dark Angels Chapter, led by Master Azrael and a host of heroes. But what is the so-called ‘Damnation Cache’? What secrets does it harbour and why has it also attracted the attention of the daemon-hunting Grey Knights?
Read it because
As well as being one of the most brutal conflicts of the Warhammer 40,000 settings, Pandorax also features some of the 41st Millennium's most recognisable heroes and villains, such as Azrael of the Dark Angels, Grand Master Draigo of the Grey Knights, Colonel Iron Hand Straken of Catachans and even Warmaster Abaddon of the Black Legion. Horus Heresy fans will also find links to the novel The Damnation of Pythos set a full 10,000 years earlier.
Finally — there's a loveable Jokaero space-ape that drives a tank. That's got to be worth a read?
Customer Reviews
OVERPRICED!!!
GW, what are you thinking????
Sure as hell am not buying 12 mini novels at this price!
Story and writing are typical but enjoyable. But the "novel" is way to short, I've read newspapers articles longer. And again, the price, good god that's obscene.
Just Awful
I've read better fan fiction than this. If you're a big fan of blunt, unimaginative writing that leans on tired tropes and cliches, then this is the book for you. Here's an example of the style I'm taking about:
"The creature lunged. He shot it in the eyeball. The eyeball exploded. The creature howled in pain."
Maybe 1/2 a step removed from "see spot run"... Or how about this:
"A man tried to help her. She hurt the man. She needed no help. Hurting the man proves she is a strong and independent woman."
Gosh, I just love being figuratively beaten over the head by the stories I'm reading. Oh, and women hurting men from their own team to prove they're strong, that never gets old...
This book reads like a simplistic, high-school level story, written by someone with some ill-formed ideas about strength of character and gender roles. I find myself seriously wondering if any if this is supposed to be considered cannon. If so, WH40K has gone downhill - did i miss the note at the beginning saying this was some kind of joke?
You're not missing anything: spend your money on something worthwhile.