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A review by paulopaperbooksonly
The Greater Good by Sandy Mitchell
3.0
Having read all previous novels I would say that this one was a bit disappointing.
The reason is that I expected more Tau action or at lease presence and they are not even there for 90% of the book.
So what's this tale about? The war is brewing in the Damocles Gulf and the Tau are basically winning a war in a planet where Cain is. After being defeated the Tau approach Ciaphas and ask him a truce with the Imperium. The reason is unknown but after the innitial meeting we learn Tyranids are coming and they must be fight together to save Damocles (and fight one another).
One interesting unknow point is who decided fromt he Imperium they fcould accept peace or is this a sector governemnt representive or did the high lords of terra had any knowledge of this peace? Tau are only present in that sector - so if they were presented in other sectors would that be valid? Ah.. small questions but I remembering having after reading them.
Then as both Tau & Imperium start protecting their worlds a small representative force attach themselves to Ciaphas (the same with the Imperium on Tau world but we never learn anything).
Then there is a initial problem with machines and for 30 or so pages is the only place where imperium and tau (well 3 or 4) are fighting together. Afterwards they are almost absent fromt he book. They didn't die. They just went away in other part of the world.
We've got some glimpses of Reclaimers Space Marine Chapter, some more interesting points on Magos Biologis from the Adeptus Mechanicus and some interesting points on Tyranids mentality and physiology. Apart from that we almost have no grand action or great battle. We've got Ciaphas Cain trying to stay alive with Jurgen and it was very interesting to see his feelings towards Jurgen go a bit further.
Another interesting story, and we always know that the covers of the books are propaganda takes where he has a bolter and a chainsword whereas we always see him fight with a las-pistol & chainsword. Now we know where the bolter is from... So either, these pictures since the first novel are taken from his later years or something is wrong lol.
Either way.. It's not a bad book. I prefer per example Caves of Ice & For the Emperor better. Both had Tyranids and Tau and interesting or not both are connected to this novel.
Interesting or not of the 9 books I've read so far, the first 6 I gave 4 stars and the last three I gave 3. So... only one more book to go and the series is over (unless they write more stories... )
The reason is that I expected more Tau action or at lease presence and they are not even there for 90% of the book.
So what's this tale about? The war is brewing in the Damocles Gulf and the Tau are basically winning a war in a planet where Cain is. After being defeated the Tau approach Ciaphas and ask him a truce with the Imperium. The reason is unknown but after the innitial meeting we learn Tyranids are coming and they must be fight together to save Damocles (and fight one another).
One interesting unknow point is who decided fromt he Imperium they fcould accept peace or is this a sector governemnt representive or did the high lords of terra had any knowledge of this peace? Tau are only present in that sector - so if they were presented in other sectors would that be valid? Ah.. small questions but I remembering having after reading them.
Then as both Tau & Imperium start protecting their worlds a small representative force attach themselves to Ciaphas (the same with the Imperium on Tau world but we never learn anything).
Then there is a initial problem with machines and for 30 or so pages is the only place where imperium and tau (well 3 or 4) are fighting together. Afterwards they are almost absent fromt he book. They didn't die. They just went away in other part of the world.
We've got some glimpses of Reclaimers Space Marine Chapter, some more interesting points on Magos Biologis from the Adeptus Mechanicus and some interesting points on Tyranids mentality and physiology. Apart from that we almost have no grand action or great battle. We've got Ciaphas Cain trying to stay alive with Jurgen and it was very interesting to see his feelings towards Jurgen go a bit further.
Another interesting story, and we always know that the covers of the books are propaganda takes where he has a bolter and a chainsword whereas we always see him fight with a las-pistol & chainsword. Now we know where the bolter is from... So either, these pictures since the first novel are taken from his later years or something is wrong lol.
Either way.. It's not a bad book. I prefer per example Caves of Ice & For the Emperor better. Both had Tyranids and Tau and interesting or not both are connected to this novel.
Interesting or not of the 9 books I've read so far, the first 6 I gave 4 stars and the last three I gave 3. So... only one more book to go and the series is over (unless they write more stories... )