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trackofwords's review
4.0
A tale of Knightly rivalry stretching back millennia, as Sethena of House Cadmus and the remnants of her lance desperately try to survive while outnumbered and hunted by Traitor Knights. With Imperial forces stretched to breaking point, Sethena’s Knights remaining battered and under-resourced, and a full-strength lance of enemy Knights on the prowl, the war on Turris appears all but over. At the edge of endurance, Sethena looks for any possibility of fighting back, and the ghosts of her Throne Mechanicum offer tantalisingly vague hints of new tactics to employ.
It’s a clever story about the symbiotic relationship between a Knight’s current pilot and the spirits of their long-dead predecessors in the Throne Mechanicum, along with the strengths and weaknesses of chivalric Knightly conduct and how that forces Knight pilots to think and act. Look elsewhere for a Chaos POV, but if you like your 40k to feature on-the-edge-of-broken characters and (awesome) giant robots there’s plenty to enjoy here.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/11/07/quick-review-apex-predator-gavin-g-smith/
It’s a clever story about the symbiotic relationship between a Knight’s current pilot and the spirits of their long-dead predecessors in the Throne Mechanicum, along with the strengths and weaknesses of chivalric Knightly conduct and how that forces Knight pilots to think and act. Look elsewhere for a Chaos POV, but if you like your 40k to feature on-the-edge-of-broken characters and (awesome) giant robots there’s plenty to enjoy here.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/11/07/quick-review-apex-predator-gavin-g-smith/
majorrawne's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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