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melniksuzuki's review
3.0
The war for Phaedra has smoldered to an end, and neither the Imperium or the T'au emerged victorious. With what little forces from both sides left to rot and a warp storm brewing, Magos Caul has decided to head for greener pastures off-world. To do so, he first must acquire a key component from the T'au, sending a task force of Skitarii to retrieve it.
Vanguard serves both as an epilogue to the novel Fire Caste and as a stand-alone story. There are references that you would catch if you had read the novel first (like the identity of some of the Skitarii) but nothing that would leave you staring at the story and scratching your head in confusion.
Having gone through and read all of Peter Fehervari's Warhammer stories, I found Vanguard to be one of the more average ones. The majority of the story concerns itself with the Skitarii laying siege to the remaining T'au forces and with these being unfeeling cyborgs, there isn't much character shining through. Really, the thing that drove me through the story was trying to figure out who of the Skitarii was from Fire Caste.
However, I will admit, Vanguard helped give me a good idea of what the Skitarii are and does show the fighting efficiency of apathetic cyborgs.
Vanguard serves both as an epilogue to the novel Fire Caste and as a stand-alone story. There are references that you would catch if you had read the novel first (like the identity of some of the Skitarii) but nothing that would leave you staring at the story and scratching your head in confusion.
Having gone through and read all of Peter Fehervari's Warhammer stories, I found Vanguard to be one of the more average ones. The majority of the story concerns itself with the Skitarii laying siege to the remaining T'au forces and with these being unfeeling cyborgs, there isn't much character shining through. Really, the thing that drove me through the story was trying to figure out who of the Skitarii was from Fire Caste.
However, I will admit, Vanguard helped give me a good idea of what the Skitarii are and does show the fighting efficiency of apathetic cyborgs.
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