Soul Drinkers · Book 1
Soul Drinker
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN-13
- 9780743443234
- Type
- novel
About this book
Soul Drinker opens Ben Counter's Black Library series in 2002, introducing the Soul Drinkers Space Marine chapter -- created for the novels themselves rather than drawn from established tabletop lore -- under the psychically mutated Chapter Master Sarpedon. Their prizing of art and culture as proof of the humanity they defend draws Imperial suspicion that erupts, across this opening volume, into the chapter's fall from grace. It runs 288 pages.
Its place in Soul Drinkers
Soul Drinker is book 1 in the Soul Drinkers series. It is followed by The Bleeding Chalice. See the full Soul Drinkers reading order.
Soul Drinkers is Ben Counter's own contribution to Black Library's roster of Space Marine chapters -- unlike many Warhammer 40,000 series built around a chapter already established in Games Workshop's tabletop lore, the Soul Drinkers were created for the novels themselves. The chapter, led by the psychically mutated, multi-limbed Chapter Master Sarpedon, prizes art and culture as proof of the humanity it exists to defend -- an indulgence the wider Imperium regards with deep suspicion. When that suspicion hardens…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780743443234