Product Description

Captain Gabriel Angelos of the Blood Ravens Third Company throws his men into a last ditch defence of Tartarus -- a planet with a long and troubled history. A brutal ork invasion has left the world in ruins, but there are more ancient evils than orks manoeuvring for a share of the spoils of war: the mysterious eldar and the forces of Chaos fight a battle older than humanity. Gabriel must confront his own daemons as he leads the Blood Ravens through a spiral of intrigue that could expose the shadowy hand of the Inquisition, the long forgotten secrets of Tartarus and the Blood Ravens themselves. 'Dawn of War' is based on the hit PC game of the same name.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #314905 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
"Great SF from a very dark future" - Starlog"

About the Author
Ian Edgington is a prolific comic book writer who has scripted for such illustrious characters as Spiderman, Batman, Xena and the Terminator. He has written novels based in the Star Trek universe. This is his first novel for the Black Library.

Customer Reviews

Storming sci-fi!
Considering that Dawn of War is the novelisation of a computer game, it was fantastic! The writing is powerful and the action scenes are the best I've seen. If you like Black Library stuff, you'll love this.

forget the game and read the book!
I came to this book after reading Goto's awesome 'Warrior Brood' and, to be honest, I didn't expect much from it, given that it is a novelisation of a computer game (albeit a dashed good computer game). However, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. The plot of the book is much more intricate and interesting than it is in the game -- the author clearly did a lot of work to transform that lame duck into something that could fly (can lame ducks fly anyway?). The result is a storming action romp. It feels a little 'outside' the normal WH40K stuff, as though it exists in a little bubble in a galaxy far far away, but I can forgive that (and enjoy it) given that it is rooted in the computer game rather than the wargame. Don't get me wrong, all the regular 40K elements are there: eldar, space marines, orks, chaos marines ... It just feels like Goto has made them his own rather than slavishly sticking to what has gone on in other books. In many ways, this is great, and it is exactly the kind of creativity that franchise fiction needs.
The second volume 'Ascension' is already out in Europe, so I've ordered that already!

Fantastic writing, but dubious plot
This debate is clearly getting tired. It seems to me that everyone thinks the writing is good but that there are problems with the story-line (because of the computer game). I agree with both: the writing is AWESOME. It might be better than all the other WH40K books. It is a shame that CS Goto had to stick to the plot of the computer game. Having said that, he makes it MUCH BETTER than anyone else could have done! Were it not for him, this would be a pile of pants.
I have just read SALVATION (also by CS Goto), and it is incredible. All of the great writing, and this time a great story too. Check it out.
I notice that he is also writing a Deathwatch series, called Warrior Brood or something. I can't wait for that.