Eisenhorn · Book 1
Xenos
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN-13
- 9780743411691
- Type
- novel
About this book
Xenos opens the trilogy in 2001 at 288 pages, introducing Imperial Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn on the trail of a heretical cult and a dangerous alien relic.
Its place in Eisenhorn
Xenos is book 1 in the Eisenhorn series. It is followed by Malleus. See the full Eisenhorn reading order.
The Eisenhorn trilogy follows Gregor Eisenhorn, an Imperial Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos charged with rooting out heresy, alien threats, and the corrupting influence of Chaos across the Warhammer 40,000 galaxy. Dan Abnett builds the series as science-fantasy detective fiction rather than straight military SF: Eisenhorn is an investigator first, piecing together conspiracies across decades and star systems with a retinue of specialists, and the trilogy's real tension comes from watching a rigidly orthodox servant…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780743411691