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The Silver Skulls Space Marine Chapter deploy on the world of Valoria Quintus to combat an insurrection backed by the dread forces of the Traitor Legions
The Silver Skulls Space Marine Chapter deploy on the world of Valoria Quintus to combat an insurrection backed by the dread forces of the Traitor Legions. Sent there by the visions of their Prognosticars, the mysterious psykers whose premonitions decree the path forged by the Chapter and the wars that they wage, they expect victory to be swift and easy. But they have not reckoned with their own allies, the servants of the Inquisition who are interested in the Prognosticars, their importance within the Chapter and the possibility that the Silver Skulls may be being manipulated by the very powers they fight against...
- Sales Rank: #962159 in Books
- Brand: Warhammer 40,000 - Novels - Space Marines
- Published on: 2015-12-15
- Released on: 2015-12-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.80" h x 1.10" w x 5.10" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
About the Author
S P Cawkwell is a freelance writer based in north-east England. Her work for Black Library includes the Silver Skulls novels The Gildar Rift and Portents, and the Architect of Fate novella, Accursed Eternity. For Warhammer, she is best known for her stories featuring the daemon princess of Khorne, Valkia the Bloody.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Bookworm Speaks!- Silver Skulls: Portents
By Jordan T. Brantley
Bookworm Speaks!
Silver Skulls: Portents
by S. P. Cawkwell
Acquired: Barnes & Nobel Booksellers
Series: Warhammer 40,000 Novels
Mass Market Paperback: 431 Pages
Publisher: Black Library
Language: English
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The Story: The Silver Skulls Space Marine Chapter deploy on the world of Valoria Quintus to combat an insurrection backed by the dread forces of the Traitor Legions
The Silver Skulls Space Marine Chapter deploy on the world of Valoria Quintus to combat an insurrection backed by the dread forces of the Traitor Legions. Sent there by the visions of their Prognosticars, the mysterious psykers whose premonitions decree the path forged by the Chapter and the wars that they wage, they expect victory to be swift and easy. But they have not reckoned with their own allies, the servants of the Inquisition who are interested in the Prognosticars, their importance within the Chapter and the possibility that the Silver Skulls may be being manipulated by the very powers they fight against…
The Review: The first story where we saw the Silver Skulls was the Gildar Rift novel.
While the Gildar Rift was an enjoyable read, like most of the Space Marine Battles series, it was more of a “day in the life” story. We got to meet the Silver Skulls but aside from a few details, we never really got to know them. This is what this book rectifies. The reader finally gets down deep into the nitty-gritty and we really get to explore what it means to be a Space Marine of the Silver Skulls Chapter. We see their Fortress Monastery, explore their homeworld and the people who live there. Meet their Chapter Master and more important, we get into the minds of the Prognosticars, the warrior-oracles that serves as the backbone of the Chapter’s battle doctrine.
Slight spoilers here, but when we get a POV chapter from one of the Prognosticars, we finally get the truth of how they actually operate and the similarities they hold to other “oracles” from history.
Throughout the text, we receive briefs in form of transmissions from the Inquisition. Under the guise of priority transmissions, we are given exposition that explains the new parts of the lore that are introduced. These are some of the best ways to introduce new info without it becoming tedious. They fit into the story in a way that fits the canon.
Anyway, how this story benefits compared to the previous novel is how much more the character’s are developed. The main character is a Space Marine named Gileas who is something of an outcast due to the fact that he was recruited from a native tribe that normally does not offer recruits and the method of his recruitment was unusual. (Which is very fascinating). He is a young sergeant who is coming into his own among the Chapter and while skilled is eager for greater glory. This immediately sets him up as good character as the scenario he is in is very relatable. These are kind of Space Marine stories that work the best. We see past the power armor and bravado and the brothers inside and how despite being lauded as being a higher class of human being, they are still vulnerable to the same vices and sins as the mortals whom they think they are so superior to. Perhaps the reason they seem to be better than the average Joes and Janes of the Imperium because they live longer and can endure more and thusly learn from their lessons.
The reader travels alongside Gileas during the story and we see him grow as a character, due in no small part that he helps trains new Battle Brothers. The best stories are one where we watch characters grow and we get plenty of that in this story.
One thing that deserves to be mentioned is that the “S” in S.P. Cawkwell stands for Sarah. This book was written by a woman, the same one that wrote ‘The Gildar Rift.’ While Bookworm loves Warhammer 40k, he does acknowledge that women are sorely underrepresented in the lore as well as the fandom, at least from his perspective. To support a female author in this franchise can only help with that issue.
Building off on that, the focus may largely be on the male Space Marines, there are plenty of strong female characters to be had within this novel. We see a lot of female Inquisitors, Bookworm has just realized and they work well in that role. Ruthlessness from a woman feels a bit more authentic.
If this book has any flaws, it is one that is pretty common amongst tomes of the Black Library: Too much at once. The book’s middle is not as memorable as the beginning and the ending. Not due to a lack of story caliber, simply because there is a lot of story to remember. A lot of bolter fire, a lot of blood, a lot of characters with their own perspectives, and it all moves very briskly. The last part is not necessarily inimical to the story. If anything, it made the story into a page-turner. It all goes by so quickly, that it all tends to blur in the readers mind. Upon thinking about it, aside from a few key details, most of the story in the second act is a little muddled in Bookworm’s Mind.
Final Verdict: Silver Skulls: Portents is a fast-paced, action-packed, read that gives the reader everything they love about Warhammer 40,000. The characters are deep and fleshed-out and we meet a fascinating Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes.
Five out of Five Stars
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Good, competent, but a bit bland
By JPS
Review first posted on the UK site on 6 December
This volume is about the Silver Skulls, a Second Foundation Chapter of Space Marines that has the particularity of having battle psykers – the Prognosticators – whose premonitions, which are supposedly a gift of the Emperor and reflect “His Will”, influence or even determine the choices made and decisions taken by the Chapter. This, unsurprisingly, attracts the curiosity and suspicion of the Inquisition. The real test, however, comes when several companies of Silver Skulls are sent on an emergency to combat an insurrection on Valoria Quintus that is backed by Chaos Space Marines who happen to be sorcerers, and ex-Thousand Sons for at least some of them.
As you will see, a number of themes are not exactly original. For instance, among the Silver Skulls, you have a slightly contrived (at least that it felt to me) opposition between two outstanding sergeants. One is a fanatical veteran of the First Company. The other one, the story’s hero, is a bit of an impetuous outcast who has doubts about the infallibility of the Prognosticators’ prognostics.
There are however also a number of interesting features. Some of the characters that make up the team of the (feminine) Inquisitor might remind readers of those found in Dan Abnett’s books, but with a few different tweaks. The Chaos Space Marines’ extraordinary mobility adds another little twist but making it more difficult for the Silver Skulls to pin them down. There is also a rather interesting witch that sets a no less interesting trap based on mirrors for our hero and his squad.
Some of the other characters and two young Prognosticators names Bhelan and Nicodemus in particular, are also interesting. This is especially the case of the later and younger one through which the reader will relive his gruelling training in the icy mountains of their home planet as a young scout. The similarities with the Space Wolves and their own training are, of course, no coincidence.
A good read, although not a great one. Just about worth four stars.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Change is Good
By Perry Allen Smith
It's about a Space Marine Chapter that is requested to aid the Imperial Inquisition and their Imperial Guard allies with crushing a rebellion on a nearby world. The Skulls refuse to act on anything if their Prognosticators (rune-priests, basically) read the future as unfavorable. They get the green light, but what they think will be a swift victory turns into a vicious fight against an old foe, and the Inquisition has an agenda up its sleeve.
Overall, this was a very good book. The villains (a Chaos sorcerers warband split from the Traitor Legion the Thousand Sons, called the Oracles of Change) are decent, though a little underdeveloped. Two of the best characters are actually one of the veteran Skulls and a psychic of the Inquisition, neither of whom is the main character. You see the veteran go from a prejudiced bastard who finds fault in even the tiniest thing of the main character to a man who actually has a degree of respect for him, and it's a huge transformation. The psychic is a frail-as-a-leaf older man who says the most tactless things at the worst times, but he has willpower like you wouldn't believe and forces himself through some very dangerous ordeals.
The action scenes were good, though Cawkwell could have done a bit better (or an editor could have cleaned up) with some of the language. The title "Oracle of Change" is used a lot, when a variety of other options exists, and the word "whilst" is thrown about and comes off as old fashioned and out of place. The level of usual Black Library gore is present, so no surprises there.
Ultimately, I recommend the book. It has a solid plot with wonderful characters that entertain in surprising and endearing ways, and that is really the most rewarding read: when characters improve and become something new and incredible.
Highly recommend.
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