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You meet a whole host of fascinating characters that occupy a variety of positions through out the Legion every one from the leader of the entire chapter, Tu’Shan, to the Captains and Sergeants of the various companies.
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Plus he’s pretty bad-ass.ĭa’kir and Tsu’gan aren’t the only Salamanders that figure into Kyme’s stories. They undergo many heartbreaks and perilous adventures and over the course of these exploits I started to understand Tsu’gan a little more an empathize with him. Over the course of the three novels and 10 short stories things change drastically for Da’Kir and Tsu’gan. It’s like he’s a William Zabka character from an ’80s teen movie. You’re also left with a feeling of anger and hatred towards Tsu’gan. With that set up you’re instantly geared to like Da’kir who is a noble and heroic guy. Tsu’gan hails from a city of wealth and power and believe Da’kir, who is the only member of a nomadic tribe to become a Space Marine, is unworthy of the genetic gifts he’s been given. When we first meet Tsu’gan and Da’kir they’re bitter rivals because of who they were before they became Space Marines. The chief protagonists of the stories are Zek Tsu’gan and Hazon Da’kir. So Kyme already has some great building blocks to forge the characters of his “Salamanders” stories and he uses them to build some fascinating and fun characters to follow. It takes a hardy stock to survive and an even more resilient individual to survive the arduous trials that lead to initiation into the Salamanders. The planet “Nocturne” is dubbed a “Death World” because of how inhospitable and dangerous life there is. Making the Salamanders even more interesting is the fact that they hail from a volcanic home world in a constant state of nick-kymeturmoil. Each Legion has it’s own set of customs and beliefs and the Salamanders credo urges them to protect, sacrifice for, and try to elevate the humans they live side by side with. What makes the Salamnders unique is the fact that they’re one of the most altruistic and “human” of the Space Marine Legions. They serve as sort of the elite forces of the Imperium of Mankind a sprawling interplanetary empire that is under siege in the 40th millenium by a host of rival alien empires and corruptive supernatural forces that turned several Space Marine Legions into marauding malevolent forces often capable of arcane feats. The titular characters of the “Salamander Omnibus” are the 17th Legion of genetically engineered soldiers known as Space Marines.
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So reviewing all that and keeping it spoiler free is going to be tough, but let’s see what I can do. So it’s a great value, but on top of that it’s a thrilling and epic read.Īll together the stories in “The Salamander Omnibus” run about 1014 pages. It’s a collection of three novels and like 10 short stories for the cover price of $17.50 in the U.S. For Christmas I got a mammoth tome of 40K fiction that I just recently completed reading, the “Salamander Omnibus” by Nick Kyme. So far I’ve read some fantastic stuff by Dan Abnett and Sandy Mitchell.
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So of course I’d be drawn to the Black Library’s series of Warhammer 40K fiction. On top of that it’s got a visual aesthetic that appeals to the heavy metal fan in me. I’m talking of course about Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe.Ī friend of mine once describe 40k as a “jungle juice of cool genre fiction.” You’ve got elements of Star Wars, Dune, Tolkeinesque fantasy, Lovecraftian horror, and an often noirish outlook on morality. In fact in recent years I’v discovered a series of tie-in books that I’ve become utterly addicted to even though I have no interest in playing the tactical miniature game that inspired it. Having read a number of tie-in fiction books over the years I can tell you whole heartedly that tie-ins can be just as fun and exciting as original fiction. Like the fact that because it’s a story from a pre-existing world, usually attached to a game, that it’s no where near as entertaining, imaginative, or as worthy as original fiction. Tie-in fiction has an unfortunate stigma attached to it. In fact in recent years I’v discovered a series of tie-in books that I’ve become utterly addicted to ev
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