Lord of the Night (Warhammer 40,000) by…

Lord of the Night (Warhammer 40,000) (edition 2005)

by Simon Spurrier

Series: Chaos Space Marine (January 2005 - #?), Warhammer 40,000 (fiction) (Chaos Space Marine novel #? (Jan 2005))

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Driven by years of bitterness and hatred, Commander Sahaal of the Night Lords Chaos Space Marines will do anything to seize control of an ancient relic that will help him regain dominion over his armies, and only Mita Ashyn, an idealistic young telepath stands in his way. Original.

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Title:	Lord of the Night (Warhammer 40,000)
Authors:	Simon Spurrier
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Chaos Marines are rather disturbing folks and the most disturbing Chaos Marines Legion is of course the Night Lords Legion. I wonder who ever,I mean ever(!!) thought up this guys to be good-guys (a any point in W40K time-line ) is beyond me.

Using techniques and methods that are horrendous this Legion is the only Traitor Legion that lives with Chaos in some weird sort of symbiosis (never truly succumbing to it) and has extremely low opinion of and holds some very very very bad feelings towards the Emperor.

Throughout this rather bloody and grim SF horror tale we get the glimpse of Night Lords' heritage, main characters doubts and fears and end up (at least I do for quite some time after reading W40K novels) with questions - what truly is the goal of the Emperor, is it possible that he-who-knows-oh-so-much just wasn't able to predict how his sons (Primarchs) will behave? Also are all the Traitor Primarchs truly traitors or...?

Very interesting book (if you like SF horror stories you'll like this one even if you are not into W40K lore).

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Zare | Jan 23, 2024 |

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Attinost, Benoît	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Lord of the Night

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2005-01

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Zso Sahaal (Night Lords Commander)

Mita Ashyn (Psyker/Interrogator)

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Equixus

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Driven by years of bitterness and hatred, Commander Sahaal of the Night Lords Chaos Space Marines will do anything to seize control of an ancient relic that will help him regain dominion over his armies, and only Mita Ashyn, an idealistic young telepath stands in his way. Original.

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Young Interrogator Mita Ashyn struggles to prove herself worthy to her master despite her growing feelings of unease at the hypocrisy within the Inquisition. When they visit the remote and sunless hive-world of Equixus, she suspects nothing more than minor corruption and heresy.

Night Lords Commander Sahaal has been in exile for ten thousand years, plotting to defeat his treacherous rival Acerbus and once again rule over his dark army. To do this he must find an ancient artefact that was stolen from him, and nothing - not even the Inquisition - will stand in his way.

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