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A review by trackofwords
Honour Guard by Dan Abnett
4.0
Honour Guard is the fourth Gaunt’s Ghosts book, and kicks off the second arc within the series – The Saint. Set on the shrineworld Hagia, birthplace of Saint Sabbat, it sees Gaunt tasked with leading the Imperial liberation efforts, which soon go horribly wrong. With his career in tatters he’s sent on a desperate mission to reclaim the body of the Saint herself – some small measure of personal glory.
Quest stories can sometimes drag as characters plod along on their journey, but Abnett keeps the pace up and provides plenty of variety throughout to minimise that drag, even if the ending when it arrives is perhaps a little sudden. It’s not quite the gut-punch of Necropolis, but it’s still a powerful story that sets things up nicely for the rest of this arc.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2017/11/28/honour-guard-dan-abnett/
Quest stories can sometimes drag as characters plod along on their journey, but Abnett keeps the pace up and provides plenty of variety throughout to minimise that drag, even if the ending when it arrives is perhaps a little sudden. It’s not quite the gut-punch of Necropolis, but it’s still a powerful story that sets things up nicely for the rest of this arc.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2017/11/28/honour-guard-dan-abnett/