A Genestealer Cults novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Genestealer Cults get A* treatment with Adrian Tchaikovsky taking them into the world of the Black Library in this novel set on the forge world of Morod.
From the book:
On the forge world of Morod, the machines never stop and the work never ends. The population toils in the mines and factoria to protect humanity from the monsters in the void, while the Adeptus Mechanicus enjoy lives of palatial comfort.
Genetor Gammat Triskellian seeks to end this stagnant corruption. When he learns of a twisted congregation operating within the shadows, one which believes that the tech-priests are keeping people from their true salvation – a long-prophesied union with angels – he sees in them an opportunity to bring down Morod’s masters and reclaim the world in the name of progress.
But sometimes, the only hope for real change lies in the coming of monsters.
Morod is a grim and dark place where humans work out their lives for the Mechanicus and for the factories of the Imperium and are then fed back into the system when they die. As well as losing children to disease and industrial accidents they are also levied to join the ranks of the Skitarii… ‘join’ meaning being remade as Mechanicus cyborgs.
But within this forge world there lies a dark secret… not all the humans are as pure blood as they may appear and they are helping hide their ‘ancestors’ who are even less so.
We all love Genestealer Cults right…(?) they exist in the heart of the Imperium bring about destruction from within… but given what the Imperium does are they really ‘bad’. Tchaikovsky effortlessly brings characters to life (or to a metallic equivalent of life), with a scheming TechPriest, as assassin and a faithful Mago… all wanting change on the world of Morod. Whilst the ‘victor’ may appear clear from the setting of the novel (it is a ‘Genestealer Cults novel’ after all) the direction of the book, dialogue and descriptions remain fun and interesting throughout.
And I defy you not to want to pick up a Genestealer combat patrol, or a box of Skitarii after reading this. A really great book.
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