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Title: Killer Talent!
Review: Jeff Barden's review here summarizes this excellent book perfectly. The fourth in the Gaunt's Ghosts series, Honour Guard puts a new twist on the saga -- and that's what's so great about Dan Abnett. He could easily rest on his laurels and crank out the sort of flat sci-fi that Gibson once referred to as the "golden ghetto," shoddy pulp that sells simply 'cause it's sci-fi, or in this case, sci-fi game fiction. But with each novel, you can tell that Abnett is stretching himself, trying to grow as a writer and to take his stories in new directions.After finishing Honour Guard, I tried to read Gav Thorpe's 13th Legion. I put it back on the shelf after about 20 pages. It was a joke compared to Abnett. I may pick it up again, when I get tired of waiting for a new Abnett, but I won't be fooled -- I'll be reading it to keep myself immersed in the 40K universe, not 'cause I'm expecting really good sci-fi. For that, I'll wait for Gaunt's Ghosts Book Five.
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