Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1063205 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

It fails to deliver what it advertised, but provided a good story anyhow.
I looked forward to reading this novel after completing "Execution Hour". It took me a while, but I managed to find a copy that did not have a price tag that threatened to burst the threadbare seams of my wallet like a brood of genestealers erupting from a fallen seed spore!

I came away from the final page of this book, feeling an equal measure of satisfaction and disappointment. If you read the back cover of the book, you'll notice a plot description that refers to the Blackstone Fortresses. It never appears in the story. It is never even alluded to in the story. However, the story is still well-written and will inspire many BFG players. While the series appears to be focused around the exploits of a prominent naval officer during the fabled Gothic War, this installment takes you from the awakening of an Avatar through the building tension between two mortal enemies and their attempts to form an uneasy alliance against a powerful enemy neither of them can hope to vanquish alone, and all the way up to the pivotal space battle that sees a combined force of Battlefleet Gothic and Craftworld Eldar defeating a Chaos Armada in one of the pivotal battles of that war.

There is intrigue, deception, and insightful sequences that help bring further understanding of the internal politics that rule within Abbadon's regime, among the Craftworld Eldar, and amongst the Imperial Navy.

Although I never found out what the Blackstone Fortress is or what significance it has, I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it without hesitation to anyone looking for an interesting read.

Excellant!!
After reading the first few chapters of Execution Hour-I really did not think that I would enjoy this story line. In due time of course I became hooked and Execution Hour turned out to be a fabulous story. Its sequal "Shadow Point" takes place some time after the events of its precursor and though there are some open questions left unanswered the book is a truly gripping story. THe focus of this story is basically a build up of things to come in the next book, as the desperate Imperial forces attempt to forge an alliance with the Eldar in order to stop the powers of chaos from attaining an ancient powerful Eldar artifact. However the fragile alliance is threatened by the deceits of the Dark Eldar.
After reading through the book I can imagine several people disappointed at the portrayal of certain elements that do not adhere to strict Warhammer 40K rules or stats (ie. sheer power of the Avatar of the Eldar)---and I say to this that it is as it should be. The writers are portraying their vision of the Warhammer 40K universe and therefore do not need to create a balance between the armies that is necessary for "fair" game play. People are forgetting (or are blinded by favoritism) that the stats in the game are all equalized so that not one single army can said to be the best. Reality (if it were) would be far different.
Shadow Point is an excellant read and another fine book in the Warhammer 40K universe.

OK, but a little flat
Not nearly as good as the previous book, Execution Hour. This book starts well, but seems to be lacking the inspiration to carry itself all the way through. The plot is so straightforward that a lot of the suspense is lost. The dark eldar fail to inspire the dread, loathing and alien maliciousness which I feel they are capable of. Not a bad book, and it does have a few memorable moments. Gordon Rennie has a real gift for describing space battles.