Inquisition War trilogy is the most evocative and grim dark novel in the 40K canon ever IMO. It's a rollocking story and is the first time in full length prose we have things like Navigators and all the disturbing chaos gods/cults and the webway etc. I've read it a few times through.
inquisition war is wild, but it is very much "superseded" in the terms of the lore. That era of 40K is really early on and a lot of stuff has been revised or just retconned, so just go into that novel with the vaguest assumptions on the setting (i.e. grimdark space magic empire, and don't assume any of the specific details like say the Heresy apply here)
enforcer though is very much in the current era (well, a bit early, but it's in the post 3rd edition stuff so you can assume it fits in well) Carstein is from Warhamemr Fantasy and Age of Sigmar, not 40K (though it would be pretty funny if he showed up lol)
Enforcer is an awesome read, especially if, like me, you like to read the 'behind-the-frontlines' books. Ian Watson's stuff is, like the live commenters said, old as dust, and fair warning; Ian Watson's writing style is weird. Like, I'm not trying to hype it up, but The Inquisition War stuff is from the earliest eras of the lore (and I'm pretty sure predated 2nd edition of 40k) and the lore you're familiar with was pretty much just not established at the time. He also did the very first space marine novel, titled, creatively enough, Space Marine. I'd read Enforcer first, though. It's just more digestible. The inquisition War is a bit of a slog at points. I love them both, though. And actually have the same copies. I hope you enjoy them!
completely agree, inquistior and space marine occupy a bit of a grey area between rogue trader and 2nd, i got into the hobby in 2nd ed, so these books were "amazing" because they were all there was, when compared to modern 40k they feel a bit dated, still an interesting read, loved the enforcer books
Inquisition War trilogy is the most evocative and grim dark novel in the 40K canon ever IMO. It's a rollocking story and is the first time in full length prose we have things like Navigators and all the disturbing chaos gods/cults and the webway etc. I've read it a few times through.
🎵’Enforcer, banamamamamamawayo, a licky bumbum down!’ 🎵 😂
Inquisitor war is nutso
The Inquisition War is a great book, so Grim Dark, really interesting. Jordan Scorcery did a interview with Ian Watson.
The inquisition war is basically the only series that captures the fever dream aesthetic og early 40k
It's one of my absolute favourites
A lot of the weirdness is because Inquisitor was literally the first 40k novel, ever
50,000£? Ridiculous! I’m yours for the price of a cup of coffee and a jelly donut.
Nice loot! I wanted to start reading Enforcer because it sounded pretty cool, but I got my hands on the Fabius Bile omnibus first :P
inquisition war is wild, but it is very much "superseded" in the terms of the lore. That era of 40K is really early on and a lot of stuff has been revised or just retconned, so just go into that novel with the vaguest assumptions on the setting (i.e. grimdark space magic empire, and don't assume any of the specific details like say the Heresy apply here)
enforcer though is very much in the current era (well, a bit early, but it's in the post 3rd edition stuff so you can assume it fits in well)
Carstein is from Warhamemr Fantasy and Age of Sigmar, not 40K (though it would be pretty funny if he showed up lol)
Enforcer is an awesome read, especially if, like me, you like to read the 'behind-the-frontlines' books. Ian Watson's stuff is, like the live commenters said, old as dust, and fair warning; Ian Watson's writing style is weird. Like, I'm not trying to hype it up, but The Inquisition War stuff is from the earliest eras of the lore (and I'm pretty sure predated 2nd edition of 40k) and the lore you're familiar with was pretty much just not established at the time. He also did the very first space marine novel, titled, creatively enough, Space Marine. I'd read Enforcer first, though. It's just more digestible. The inquisition War is a bit of a slog at points. I love them both, though. And actually have the same copies. I hope you enjoy them!
completely agree, inquistior and space marine occupy a bit of a grey area between rogue trader and 2nd, i got into the hobby in 2nd ed, so these books were "amazing" because they were all there was, when compared to modern 40k they feel a bit dated, still an interesting read, loved the enforcer books
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Get well soon, some in store footage would be quite controversial 😮
Be very careful about anything from Ian Watson. He is a very... strange author.