- Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: Games Workshop; 1 edition (Mar 28 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1844163008
- ISBN-13: 978-1844163007
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.9 x 4.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #331,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.7 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)
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Three great books, three great endings, May 16 2006
By E. Ignacio "Edge" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Chancers (Paperback)
I purchased this book because I felt that many Warhammer and 40k novels are just too short, and this one was massive. I was pleased to find that the characters are pretty complex and individualized. The plot and characters are enough to captivate your attention making you wonder what happens next late at night. Another great quality is that when supporting characters die or get injured, you feel a sense of loss. The action scenes are vivid and descriptive. There is a gore factor which does add to it. The imaginative mind of Thorpe impresses me, he has matured since his first couple books.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Why did I buy this book again?, May 8 2006
By Colin J. Smith - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Chancers (Paperback)
After all these years, I'm still a big fan of Games Workshop and its never ending range of models, games and literature. As someone who's been playing both the tabletop wargames (Fantasy and 40K), I eagerly purchased Last Chancers wanting to experience in my mind the world of the the servants of the Imperium.
Thorpe's first part of the first book, 13th legion, paints a good background for the rest of this omnibus. The characters he creates leave an impression and its the sort of book that keeps you up at night wanting to read on in spite of the wife's or mother's calling you to go to bed.
Thorpe is also good at portraying dialogue between the characters and the style is one of grimy bluntness and pacy plot progression. Unfortunately, all the work in this book show signs of hasty editing with numerous typography errors that can be spotted even by non-copyeditors.
Compared to Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn also set in the 40K universe, Last Chancers seems like a very unpolished literary effort, with numerous descriptions of violent actions that were simply not required. One might think that the ample paragraphs of murder of butchery were just put there to make up for lack of a sophisticated plot or writing style, Thorpe's bluntness being the answer for the lack of wit or finesse.
3.0 out of 5 stars
First book is great, but after..... not so much., Jan 20 2012
By Metalmat - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Last Chancers (Paperback)
This compilation is a tale of two halves. The first book is very gruesome. There is so much action and death that it is simply amazing and has a great ending. I could not count the number of times I would start to get attached to a character and then BAM! He is gone. But then it drops off..... afterwards the series really tries to take it self out of the action to develop a more in depth story but kind of falls flat. It turns into a bunch of political turmoil with the Tau that I could care less about and was rather bored with. If you want some decent Imperial Guard WH40k action then just stick with book #1 as I would not recommend any of the others. C+ grade for me.
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