Advantages: Excellent writing, hilarious story and characters. Very friendly to readers unfamiliar with 40k. Disadvantages: Some fans might not like the humorous tone being applied to such a grim universe.
I've been a fan the Cain series for quite some time now, and I found this Omnibus to be an excellent value that compiles several of the best works in the series into one package. Hero of the Imperium includes the first three novels written in the series, ...
Advantages: Good read and good to be back on Ballybran Disadvantages: Very weak ending
...McCaffrey takes us back to Ballybran the home of sonic crystals and temperamental crystal singers, in particular Killashandra Ree and her partner Lars Dahl. The two have formed a stable partnership for many years and an extended life span thanks to the p ...
Advantages: Another class act from McCaffrey Disadvantages: Predictable end but romping good read!
McCaffrey has excelled again at creating a completely novel world with a new character to match. Enter (stage right) the flamboyant Killashandra Ree who aspires to be an opera diva on her home world. But her final exams see her being relegated to the 'cho ...
Advantages: Another entertaining read Disadvantages: Not to everyones taste
The year is 2219. A routine mission to a Neutron star that will disrupt a nearby solar system in about seventeen thousand years is interrupted when a strange transmission is intercepted. It was a tight beam transmission, and despite much searching, the sh ...
Advantages: good storyline Disadvantages: like odd at times
City Who Fought is an amazing book which I really love. The characters are all very real and three-demensional. I found myself so drawn into the story that I forgot about many other things, including my favourite tv show. I stayed up til...bout 2:30 AM re ...