Priests of Mars by Graham McNeill - REVIEW

Priests of Mars by Graham McNeill

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


As I get busier and busier and my resolution to review every book I read starts to look ever more silly, my reviews are getting correspondingly later and much, much shorter.

To be very brief then, this book is amazing.

This book shows us every level of society aboard a Mechanicus ark ship and every one contains fascinating, distinct, sometimes alien, but always believable and relatable characters. The Imperial Guard and Black Templars were equally well portrayed, although my personal favourite was the Rogue Trader, Roboute. I was also reminded, while reading, of something I'd read ages ago in a 'how to' book on writing SF, about how the USS Enterprise or Moya can begin to feel like characters in their own right, and I definitely felt that with the ark ship, Speranza here. If I have a minor criticism it's that the Eldar presence felt a little undercooked, but I'm sure they'll come into things as the trilogy develops.

Graham McNeil may have ousted Guy Haley from top spot in my list of Black Library authors I'm most in danger of becoming embarrassingly fanboyish over





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