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A review by trackofwords
Mechanicum by Graham McNeill
4.0
Young scribe Dalia Cythera is whisked off to Mars by Adept Koriel Zeth, who puts her innate understanding of technology to use working on a ground-breaking project. Meanwhile tensions are mounting between rival factions on Mars, even bringing the Titan Legions into conflict. It's the beginning of the civil war on Mars, and the ‘death of innocence’ – the loss of knowledge and the start of the journey towards stagnation – that ensues. It’s also an exploration of Mars and the inner workings of the Mechanicum, and the relationship between the Mechanicum and the Imperium.
There’s lots going on , and if you’ve read McNeill’s short story The Kaban Project then you’ll get a little more of the story, but it works well as a standalone piece within the Heresy. When this was first published it felt incredibly fresh and new, and even now it stands up as an exciting, entertaining story which delves into one of the most interesting factions in the setting, answering a few questions but – as usual – leaving plenty more teasingly unanswered. With Dalia as the protagonist it’s also still one of the few female-led Heresy stories.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/06/04/mechanicum-graham-mcneill/
There’s lots going on , and if you’ve read McNeill’s short story The Kaban Project then you’ll get a little more of the story, but it works well as a standalone piece within the Heresy. When this was first published it felt incredibly fresh and new, and even now it stands up as an exciting, entertaining story which delves into one of the most interesting factions in the setting, answering a few questions but – as usual – leaving plenty more teasingly unanswered. With Dalia as the protagonist it’s also still one of the few female-led Heresy stories.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/06/04/mechanicum-graham-mcneill/