Dawn of War: Ascension

Dawn of War #2

by C.S. Goto

Fresh from Dawn of War (the Black Library's novelisation of the best-selling THQ computer game) the Blood Ravens race to defend their homeworld against marauding aliens. It looks as if the eldar are to blame, but appearances can be deceiving, and Alaric has to race to get to the bottom of the mystery before the galaxy is plunged into war.

Genres: Science Fiction, 40k, Fantasy

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 29, 2005

About the author

Cassern Sebastian Goto (born 1970) is an author primarily notable for his novels and short stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. He got his start with several short stories published in Inferno! magazine and his first novel, a novelation of Dawn of War, appeared in 2004. Born in Ireland, he now lives on the Pacific coast of California.

Reviews

[Haider Ali]

I'm getting too old for this kind of stuff! Couldn't be bothered finishing it

[CrumbleMcLumble]

Pays lip service to Dawn of War Winter Assault and follows closely on the first DoW book. Introduces characters that have nothing to do with the story and much of the cast is 1 dimensional. The characters also all act really, really dumb.

[Thomas]

Book two starts with lots of questions and ends with lots of mayhem and horror, which seems to follow Captain Angelos and the Blood Ravens with regularity. I look forward to book three. Check it out.

[Gabor Hernadi]

Another entertaining Warhammer 40k story where the space marines and the eldas have to unite their forces against a common enemy more dangerous than either of them.

[dr_set]

Interesting second chapter of the trilogy.

The narration improves in this one, but the relationship between the humans and the Eldars is insufferably bipolar and the plot drags on for to long.

[Steward Jefferson]

Bad prose, repetitive remarks about one-dimensional characters and meh story.

[Jacob Stiver]

definitely not CS Goto in top form