Execution Hour (Warhammer 40,000)

by Gordon Rennie

Book Overview

The vile and unholy shadow of Chaos falls across the Gothic sector at the onslaught of Warmaster Abaddon's infernal Black Crusade. Fighting a desperate rearguard action, the Imperial Battlefleet has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841541427
• ISBN13: 9781841541426
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Black Library
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very Interresting

This is a tale about the ongoing war in the Gothic sector( a area in the Warhammer 40,000 that is rife with war and conflict). But, there is a dark threat on the horizon. Abaddons evil warfleet is on its way with a new weapon called, "The Planet killer". The Imperial warship, THE MACHARIUS, lead by Captain Semper. Is in a struggle against the agents of chaos. This book has it all. A finely written book that is easy to follow( if you know & understand the warhammer 40,000 world ). It has epic battles in space and more personal battles on the planet of belatis; A planet marked for complete destruction. It also tell the story from several different angles;from Capt. Semper to a lowly crew hand...There is also a new book out called "Shadow Point" that is the second part to this book.

Execution Hour, once more for Black Library

Execution hour is one of the best novel out there, Sadly, you have to understand a lot about the WarHamer 40K universe, so for new fans, or outsider, they should start with simpler book (See Space Wolf (Ragnar's books), Xenos (Eisenhorn trilogy) and even the Eye of Terror novels). But for the fan's it's a rarely seen aspect of the WH40K universe, the space battles, and gothic ships, fighters etc... It's a great book, good and strong story line, a few twists to keep it interesting, the action, and space battle are vividly and richly detailed, and thus, completely enjoyable, the only negative part was the end, a little abrupt, but they're will obviously be a sequel in the future, recommended to all knowledgeable fans.

Execution Hour Review

Emperor be praised! What a great novel! Players of Battlefleet Gothic or Warhammer 40k or just fans of Sci-Fi will like this action packed book! Alot of outer space fleet action, small craft fighter action even grounder pounder action! And the characters are involving and interesting. It's also an excellent tie in to the Abaddon Black Crusade saga. Get it, NOW!

Excellent Tale of the Gothic Sector

This book is great! A must for WH 40K and BattleFleet Gothic fans. This is a wonderful full length story of Gordon Rennie's characters Captain Leoten Semper and Flag Lieutenant Ulanti aboard the Lord Solar Macharius (an Imperial Cruiser). Though things are different from the book in terms of damage caused, the descriptions are excellent and are brought to life (as real as it can be). I couldn't stop reading this after I bought it. The story is consistent for the most part and displays it from both sides of the conflict. A novel well worth the price, time, and effort.

One epic space battle after another

This is the first novel set in the backdrop of Games-Workshop's Battlefleet Gothic game. This novel is compiled from Gordon Rennie's short stories published in Inferno! magazine. Each chapter focuses on a different battle in an epic campaign to retake the Gothic sector of the imperium. The Space battles are descibed in depth and on a huge scale. Action is the meat and bones of this novel but Rennie has created a memorable cast of characters to flesh out the atmosphere of the book. Plotting, scheming, murder, and infighting are all taking place in and around the huge space battles and it all comes together to make an excellent story.