The Carrion Throne: Warhammer 40,000: Vaults of Terra, Book 1

This book stands out as a personal Top pick amongst Warhammer 40k novels, and I've read 25 novels so far in 2023 from January until August (today).My first book was Eisenhorn: Xenos. It got me hooked into the series altogether. Carrion Throne does justice to the franchise, and does justice as a "successor" to Inquisition novels. Whereas Eisenhorn, Ravenor and Bequin stood as untouchable from the early 2000s, Vaults of Terra looks like it is the natural next step in detective literature for this sci fi fantasy universe.You will follow Erasmus Crowl, Inquisitor, and his Inquisitor-in-training, Luce Spinoza on a Batman and Robin type of adventure set on the throneworld of Terra.Wright includes an abundance of new background, setting, and lore for Terra. Long awaited by fans, I'm sure. So my advice, read slowly, and absorb each passage in full.

This turned out better than I expected. I appreciate the additional insights into the Inquisition and moreso the detail describing daily life on Terra and its building and layouts. The portion of the book describing the Imperial Palace was great. I liked this book mostly because it was a welcome break from the typical Space Marine and boltgun storylines that are so common in these books. This read more like a mystery book and revealed lore about an area of WH40 that is not often described in great detail.

A wonderful grimdark view of the the hellish sprawl of Imperial Terra, full of it's history and wonder, as well as it's rotting core. Crowl steps into this world as the typical anti-hero, in many ways pursuing his own vision of the Emperor's justice. I loved the way the book turned the story and created surprises along the way, definitely worth the read.

As a mostly Horus Heresy reader, I have been picking up 40k books from my favorite HH authors (ADB, Haley, French, Abnett and Wraight). A cover with a inquisitor and custodes always will turn heads! As others have echoed here this book is fantastic. I am one for good dialogue and character development and less about "bolter porn." I am about half way though but can't put it down, it is engaging from the very start:+The description of terra is amazing. Wraight really gives a good feel...really just a packed polluted dump of a place that makes me never want to leave in the 41k universe+Crowl is great and well developed. The contrast with his new trainee is refreshing. Also love his pet skull and his entourage as supporting charactersI can't recommend this book enough. Wraight is well known for his works with the Scars and Death guard in the HH world so it is not surprising that this book is that good. It is a mark of a strong writer to handle different things and he is consistently just great, I have not be disappointed in his stuff so far.

A very interesting look at the Ordo Hereticus in action, from the perspective of a jaded, cynical inquisitor and his new straightforward and idealistic (for a 40K version of that term anyway) interrogator.

A very enjoyable book. It was good to see Terra in 40k.And it has a really good cast of interesting characters.And the secrets that it reveals are quite good.Find to say anything bad about it, in mind you this is very minor, it was a tad too long.

The greatest strength of this book is the incomparably demoralizing depiction of our planets probable future. And not since Dan Abnett's milestone Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, has the Inquisition been portrayed with such intricate detail. Character development is exceptional and insightful, to the degree that I envisioned Charles Dance portraying Inquisitor Erasmus from the beginning. The Carrion Throne is one of the most mature and enthralling novel from Black Library publications to date, Chris Wraight's The Emperor's Legion is proving to be the pinnacle Warhammer 40,000 novel ... period.

Written in the cyberpunk/film noir style while building an extremely dark gothic tinged Blade Runner world. Black Library's Inquisitor novels are among the best produced of all their storylines.