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Fifteen Hours

de Mitchel Scanlon

Sèrie: Imperial Guard (June 2005 - #1), Warhammer 40,000 (fiction) (Imperial Guard novel #1 (Jun 2005))

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An inexperienced soldier receives his first taste of the horrors of combat against the monstrous orks on the nightmarish, futuristic battlefields of the Warhammer 40,000 world. Original.
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This was the first 40k book I read and it was recommended by a friend obsessed with the Warhammer 40k universe. He loved this book.

My opinion was that it was decent. It was a pretty short read, less than 300 pages, so I didn't feel like I really wasted my time with it.

My friend who recommended it said it was the author's first full novel, and if that's the case, it's not a bad breakthrough novel, but the writing just doesn't seem quite up to par with my expectations. Descriptions were kind of bland or not done well; at times I wasn't sure who was talking or where they were, who was who, what exactly was going on.

Overall, if you're a fan of the 40k universe (you've probably read this already), then I would hesitantly recommend this book, because like I rated it, it is an "okay" read and short. But if you're a complete newcomer, or have only read a few books and aren't in love with 40k, then I would say that there are much better books in the universe you could be reading, and not to read this one. ( )
  C.orsaer | Sep 3, 2021 |
The average life span of an Imperial Guardsman is just 15 hours. This story follows a fresh-faced young recruit through the process. A new regiment is raised on a far off agricultural area. The troops are young and very green and military life comes to them slowly. The order to move out is sudden as is the unknown mistake caused by a slight miscalculation on the part of a government bureaucrat that sends the regiment into a stalemated war zone. The ship crashes in no-man’s land and war is thrust upon the new soldiers whether they are ready or not. Can they beat the clock? This book really worked. While it included enough background material to be a Warhammer 40K book, it could be set in any 20th century war. The characters are rich and gritty and the descriptive ability of Scanlon is impressive. He doesn’t fall headfirst into the background material but uses it and good writing to make a compelling work of fiction. ( )
  loafhunter13 | Aug 24, 2011 |
Min första 40K-roman var ingen övertygande introduktion. Å andra sidan var det ingen Dan Abnett heller, utan en debutant som jobbat med serier tidigare.
Miljön är övertygande och intressant beskriven och läsaren kan i längden inte låta bli att bli ilsken på det hyperbyråkratiska Imperial Guard som låter sina soldater dö för att behålla ansiktet eller för att poängtera något för en underlydande, trots att det är övertydligt att författaren vill ta en just dit.
Storyn i är inte lika bra som miljöbeskrivningen och trots att hela roman utspelar under några intensiva timmar (strax över titelns femton timmar) känns den långsam och oengagerad. Bara stundvis lyckas Scanion verkligen fånga intensiteten och spänningen hos de belägrade soldaterna. En hygglig debutroman, men inte mer. ( )
  Chariton | Dec 12, 2009 |
A fairly entertaining, grim and cynical military sf outing set in the Warhammer 40K universe. In many ways the setting is modelled on WW1 trench warfare. The writing can be stilted in places (particularly dialogue) but the story is told with economy and a black humour I wasn't expecting from this book. This is the first 40K book I've read and its impressed me enough that i will be keeping an eye out for more. ( )
  iftyzaidi | Jul 26, 2009 |
an dreary futuristic version of the Red Badge of Courage ( )
  JayTheMagnificent | Jun 30, 2008 |
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It is the 41st millenium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will. Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever-vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants - and worse.To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the crullest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.
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The sky was dark, and he knew he was dying.
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