Deathwatch: The Omnibus

Warhammer 40,000

by Steve Parker, Justin D. Hill, Ian St. Martin

New omnibus of novels and short stories featuring the Deathwatch, alien-hunting Space Marines who undertake special ops-style missions in the 41st millennium.

The Deathwatch are the elite. Recruited from numerous Space Marine Chapters, their mission is simple: exterminate any xenos threat to the Imperium. Assembled into kill-teams, the Deathwatch are expert alien hunters, equipped to undertake any mission in any environment. None are as dedicated or as skilled in the brutal art of alien annihilation. This action-packed omnibus contains three separate novels written by Steve Parker, Ian St Martin and Justin D Hill, along with a dozen of the best short stories ever written about the Imperium's premier xenos hunters.

Genres: 40k, Science Fiction, Fiction, Anthologies

960 pages, Paperback

Published November 28, 2017

About the author

Originally hailing from the rainswept land of the Picts, Steve Parker now sleeps, eats, trains and writes in Tokyo, Japan.
His novels have been published in four languages and include Rebel Winter, Gunheads, Rynn's World, and Deathwatch, with a fifth novel to follow very soon.
Short works (most now available via Amazon Kindle) include:

Stray Dog Swordsman on Redemption Road
Starfish
The Falls of Marakross
Mercy Run
The Citadel
Headhunted
Exhumed
Survivor
Culling the Horde
Pedro Kantor: The Vengeful Fist

Reviews

[Sud666 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deathwatch Omnibus was a good collection of a variety of short stories and two novella length stories. All of them concern the Deathwatch, the elite military arm of the Ordo Xenos. Not only will you get an in depth look at the Deathwatch and it's practices, this book also hammers home the point that the Deathwatch answers only to the Inquisition. This means that sometimes Deathwatch goals are not aligned with the goals of normal Space Marine units. Sometimes it can even be at cross-purposes. The Deathwatch answers only to the Inquisition and the Inquisition answers to none other than the Emperor.

So if you are looking for some good stories about the xenos-hunting Deathwatch, this massive tome will meet your needs. It certainly met mine.

[Corey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm beginning to come around on Space Marine stories.

[Tyson Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of Death Watch stories was exciting to read. This omnibus tells the tales of these elite space marines dealing with various Xenos threats, while also demonstrating their co-operation with the inquisition. Not all of the entries in the omnibus were great, some were just okay. But there some great stories in the omnibus. I do like that all of the major Xenos species in the 40k universe were represented in this collection. I mainly liked the novellas that were in the omnibus; more so than the short stories. One of novellas gave prospective of the Death Watch enemies, which has a greater impact on the reader. But there were some good short stories. For example in the story "White Out" the marines get stuck in a blizzard, yet they still have a mission to complete. In my opinion, I believe that an appendix with some of the Warhammer 40k terms would have been beneficial to the reader. Overall it was a pretty good volume of 40k stories.

[Oliver Eike · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a few interesting stories in it, but it also had a lot of misses. With characters and happenings that offered little to nothing of interest, which was sad. Because the Deathwatch has so much potential for great stories. But to many of the short stories took me out of it. Left me reading everything else.

But if you are a W40K fan and want to get a better idea of the Deathwatch as a whole, it is a good book. For it gives a fun behind the curtain look now and then.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read

Like all compilations, the quality and pacing of each of the stories varies considerably. Overall, the stories are good, some better than others. But all have merit and are created by excellent authors, all of whom I regularly purchase works from.
I would recommend this compilation to anyone as it gives the reader the opportunity to read several authors and find those whos work they enjoy best.

[Joe Reddington]

40k have always been a guilty pleasure for me, but I think I might have been broken by the recent ones. There are only so many ways to say “there are many aliens and they are angry” and the overwritten-ness of it all has gone from ‘brain comfort food’ to just skipping paragraphs in self-defence.

[Colm Jennings · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many good stories

A great read, so many great stories by so many great writers. I do enjoy the Deathwatch novels, coming across known species and new characters, and sometimes new xenos I'd never even heard of. Well worth reading.

[Jim Grogan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent collection

Loads of long and short stories in this omnibus edition by a number of different authors, would recommend this book

[Carl Grider · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Deathwatch and I love this collection. Some really good stories here.

[Eugene Pougatch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just don't bother, unless you are interested in Deathwatch for encyclopedic purposes. The majority of the omnibus is weak in plot and lacking in writing style.

[Steven Sobotta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating

What a wonderful mix of stories. I like how some of the kill teams we know are represented. A definite must read for those who love 40K

[Acaer · Rating 2 out of 5]

3/10

[Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read that doesn't shy away from the Imperium of Man being horrible. Call me a Tau fan but this really made me despise the imperium in 40k and sympathize with the Tau. For the greater good!

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Novels in this series are fantastic and have hooked me on the Deathwatch. However, some of the short stories are forgettable and insignificant.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to read if you're a fan a Warhammer 40K and the Deathwatch in particular.

Some fantastic stories both short and long, but some of the stories get a little bogged down.