ToW: Is there anything that you’d recommend readers check out before reading this?ĭA: To get the full impact, it would probably help to have read the original Eisenhorn trilogy.

In fact, if you’re a keen reader of my stories and a fan of the Inquisitor books in particular, this novel has a LOT of old faces in in it – some unexpected!ĭA: It’s set late in his career, so it falls AFTER the Ravenor trilogy and just before Pariah, the first of the Bequin trilogy. ToW: Without spoiling anything, who are the main characters and what do we need to know about them?ĭA: Eisenhorn himself, and a band of followers that include some beloved and loyal characters like the bounty hunter Harlon Nayl and the pilot Medea Betancore. Track of Words: What’s the elevator pitch summary for The Magos?ĭan Abnett: It’s the unexpected fourth volume of the Eisenhorn trilogy! Late in his violent career, Gregor Eisenhorn tracks his old rivals – the Cognitae (they’re sort of an anti-Inquisitional heretical sect) – to a remote world, and encounters a threat that exposes the disarming truth about what he is and why he does what he does. I suspect this is going to be a very popular book… In this instalment I spoke to Dan Abnett about his latest 40k novel, The Magos, which is available to order right now. These are short and sweet interviews, with the idea being that each author will answer (more or less) the same questions – by the end of each interview I hope you will have a good idea of what the new book (or audio drama) is about, what inspired it and why you might want to read or listen to it. Welcome to this instalment of Rapid Fire, my ongoing series of quick interviews with Black Library authors talking about their new releases.