The Last Hunt by Robbie MacNiven
My rating: 7
Pages 416
My rating: 7
Year 2017
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This novel is set on a planet where the white scars get their recruits. This planet population is a bit like Berber like people going from place to place and a mighty city on the centre where all tribes come to trade. MacNiven really try to explain this divergences between the sand people and the people from the city and he really try to give it form , unfortunately there is so little time that delve on that, that it felt a bit flat. White Scars are based on Mongol, tribal fighters and you really get that as they explain some of their internal procedures of defense and such.
Tyranids are attacking, it's a small splinter from the main force and still there are too many to destroy a simple world. The only solution is to defend and wait for time where the planet will basically become insupportable due to the heat. But there are other parties involved, including elves sorry, eldar ops Aeldari. The ending was a bit too much and weird to me. I don't like time travel stuff. IT becomes weird.
One of the most scariest moments was on chapter 4 I think where we've got a probe in space being swallow by a tyranid bio ship. It was creepy as hell. I've read it twice I must say haha.
Overall a OK Tale. Advisable to anyone who enjoy White Scars. Apart from that I wouldn't advise to anyone else unless you want to read everything publish in that universe. Dealings with tyranids I think Last Days of Ector is better.
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