Well, what can I say? Dan Abnett is the reason I ended up writing 40k and his Ravenor novels was the second series I read after Eisenhorn. It’s no wonder I was hooked. The man is an absolute master, both at plotting (how does he keep all those separate strands in his head until he ties them all together?) and building worlds with single, perfectly chosen, words.

As to the perennial Eisenhorn vs. Ravenor question… er, can I sit on the fence? Say they’re both equally brilliant but in different ways? I know that’s a cowardly ducking of the question and… alright, yes, I am avoiding an answer. Oh, I don’t want to. It’s like being asked to choose between children. All right, all right, if I must…

Ravenor. Right, I said it. By a tiny tad, and largely because more of his crew survive, but I give it to Gideon Ravenor. But I’d prefer to have dinner with Eisenhorn. At least I could see his face.