Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Cardinal Crimson

Cardinal Crimson - Will McDermott
The second Kal Jericho book and I'd like to say it's better than the first, but I haven't read that one yet so don't know, missed the necromunda books while they were in print so get them when I can at a reasonable price.  The third's quite good though.
The obvious downside to working backwards through a series is you already know who will live and die to some extent.  On the other hand not many authours have the hero killing ability of Dan Abnett anyway so you usually know who probably lives by chapter three in most books anyway.
Another vicious trip through the underhive mostly from the POV of a band of bounty hunters, but also from the various characters surrounding the story.
The plot follows the return of a wandering prophet, and both sides of the pro- anti- prophet religous gang types and a couple of other factions with varying intersecting interests.  Plus Scabbs, Yolanda's, and not forgetting Kal Jericho-Bounty Hunter Extrodanaire looking for their next big score, or meal anyway.
A good violent action "romp"  (how tabloid) with plenty of laughs.  Not overly complex and easy to digest in four or five hours, if that.

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