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Space Wolf #6

by Lee Lightner

Новый роман Ли Лайтнера дарит читателю долгожданную встречу с Космическим Волком Рагнаром по прозвищу Черная Грива и его боевыми братьями, которым суждено опять сразиться со своим древним врагом - легионом Тысячи Сынов. В отчаянной попытке остановить прорыв хаоситов Волки предпринимают молниеносную контратаку на базу проклятого легиона. Увенчается ли эта безрассудная затея триумфом и сможет ли Рагнар вырвать легендарное Копье Русса из рук своего заклятого недруга, космодесантника Хаоса Мэдокса?

Genres: Science Fiction, 40k, Fiction, Fantasy, Werewolves

384 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Lyandros · Rating 4 out of 5]

And thus concludes the early years of Ragnar Blackmane. What an epic journey—six books, two authors, and a ton of unforgettable characters.

Ragnar Blackmane’s quest to regain his honour after losing the Spear of Russ was truly a story worthy of song while feasting in the Fang. Ragnar finally got his long-overdue vengeance on his longtime rival, Madox. Killing Madox with the Spear of Russ was poetic justice at its finest.

This book truly offered some insane plotlines: the whole battle on Charys, Ragnar and the gang going into the warp, the space battles, and a much greater focus on the Wulfen curse. This book showed the Wolves at their most vulnerable—from being stretched thin across the galaxy while battling the Thousand Sons, to being affected by the Wulfen curse due to Madox’s spell. It was a non-stop thrill ride from start to finish. We lost some allies, we gained new ones, and we only have more stories ahead of us.

My time with Ragnar and the Space Wolves is not done yet. Ragnar Blackmane by Aaron Dembski-Bowden is next, followed by Legends of the Wolf by Chris Wraight.

2026 is going to be a crazy year of Warhammer reading.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

An okay wrap up to the series but most of this book I didn’t feel super gripped. The plot was good and the Thousand Suns using the Spacewolf gene seed against them was cool but this book was missing that spark.

There’s something about the action that isn’t blood pounding and is kinda samey. Berek Thunrderfist’s assault on Charys was pretty dull and there was a lot of repetition throughout. These two authors do not write action as compelling as William King. They did however sort out the dialogue cringe level and corrected Sven as a character - he was actually readable in this one. Lee Lightner does increase the grim dark level as well which is nice. Or grim.

Also I think the authors had been reading Wheel of Time when writing this. Twice hands were planted on hips making these spacewolves seem like stroppy women not getting their way which was funny.

A nice bit of lore dropping went off as the party met up with the ‘lost’ 13th chapter seeing Bulveye and his wolf priest Torvald. Would love to know more of wtf is going on here and why they are choosing to stay in the eye of terror and how they have survived for 10000 years.

It’s sad to be done with the series and it was mostly a fun and satisfying journey.

[Tom Webster · Rating 3 out of 5]

the young space Wolf. the young space Wolf. the young space Wolf.

Guessing 'lee lightner' was told by their (it's two people) parents that they would be great at writing, or they're 9.

Four stars for the story which was actually very good. Zero for the writing.

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bittersweet finishing this. 6 sagas following Ragnar and truthfully it’ll be weird reading something else.

The beginning was painful but the middle and end absolutely made up for it!! THE RETURN OF THE 13th COMPANY!! So so so happy about that!!

My only complaints are that it felt like this didn’t take place right after the 5th book, though it obviously did. Characters changed in tone so much between book 5 & 6 I had to double check I didn’t miss something in between.

and the most obvious complaint - the 8873639594737 times these authors used “the young space wolf” made me want to blow my brains out but eventually my brain numbed out it.

Thanks for the journey Ragnar. That was fun.

[Mr Chuck · Rating 3 out of 5]

The end but not really.

Ragnar's story comes around with the final book in the series when he battles The Thousand Sons, tries to reclaim his honor due to losing the spear of Russ, and becomes the legend he is known as.

Well, not really as the story ends but it doesn't follow through to the current level he is at. It's more a chapter of his life and how he came to be.

I enjoyed this more than the last one and like the whole series it had some great battles and epic moments but it didn't have any twists or moments that kept me gripped. It's good but the best WH40K series.

[Derrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glory to the Wolves!!!!🐺

I totally loved this book and this series. I was so psyched when Bulveye and his company came in😫 10k years of following your primarch’s command...aaahhh the Vlka Fenryka!!!!!

Cant wait to read more about Ragnar..he has a special place in my heart now but Bjorn is still my favorite Space wolf👾

Glory to Russ and the AllFather!!! 🗣

[Wyatt Fulle]

Amazing conclusion to the Space Wolf omnibuses, still never rounds out the story of Ragnar becoming Wolf Lord even though it was alluded to in the third book or so. Very well written climax that isn't cheesy or too predictable

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rousing conclusion to the whole affair! Tragedy, surprise reveals, etc. - good pulpy times all around.

[Travis Cook · Rating 2 out of 5]

What a weak story.

[Paul Sparks · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great end to this series, at long last Ragnar gets to fulfil his oath! And also we get to see the 13th great company make an appearance

[Ulzeta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite boring.

[Scott Aitken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good end to the series. Has it all really.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book quite a bit more than the last one (Sons of Fenris).

This story actually seems like a two-part piece, with Son of Fenris as the foundation, though I'm glad to see that some of the more glaring issues with the last book were not present: it doesn't seem that the writers were trying to stretch the book as much and had quite a bit of original content. There were still times when I was reading and thinking the writers had reached for their thesaurus' instead of dropping an unnecessary word, but it still read much smoother than the last. To a degree, I do feel a bit sorry for these writers; I feel that they inherited a story that they would have played out differently (not necessarily better, as the first four books were well-written), but were struggling within the confines of already-established material.

While some of my earlier concerns about the writers' ability are still unresolved, I felt that they managed to wrap up the Space Wolf series without too much mess. I'm still a little aggravated about the reference to the possible continuation to the narrative when 1) enough has been said and 2) as much as I didn't enjoy the changing of the writer, I have little doubt that Games Workshop would end up handling the reins over to another new writer who make hash of the previous books. Again, I feel a drop of understanding towards the writers, as Games Workshop probably shoved such a possible continuance down their throat (Games Workshop does make quite the large effort to keep their money-train going on and dragging people along, at the expense of some of their brand integrity).

In other words, I enjoyed the series, glad to see it finished, and dread the possibility of someone dragging it out of its grave and trying to rekindle a series best left finished.

[Rosťa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Více než důstojné pokračování a zároveň zakončení příběhu o Ragnarovi Černé hřívě z pera Lee Lightnera nepostrádá vkusně postavenou zápletku, nové informace o kapitule Hvězdných vlků ani hromady akce. Lightnerovi se daří vykreslovat ohromné Hvězdné vlky tak, že máte pocit že nic majestátnějšího a epičtějšího ve vesmíru Warhammeru není a přesto každý další člen smečky je unikátnější a ještě leší než ten předešlý, aniž by to v příběhu působilo nepatřičně. Pět hvězd je pro fandy Warhammeru 40K, pro ostatní čtenáře sci-fi spíše 3,5 hvězdy.

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strange writing. I'm disturbed and irritated by the very frequent usages of "the young Space Wolf" to describe Ragnar.

Unimaginative grammar. Good story though

[Batsap · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the previous offering by Lee Lightner. The writing had improved and the storyline was interesting.

[Nicolás Esteban · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grande Bulveye y la décimo tercera compañia

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reread. Must be an early book of theirs, lots of awkward writing; it got tedious. For example, " ....the young space wolf......." was used way too often.

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

can't wait to start this one now!!!!!

[Laurance · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read the previous books in the series but the way the story was written it didn't require it.
The tale is griping and filled with action. The characters are not completely unreal (as far as genetically engineered supersoldiers can be) and the story is easy enough to follow for even the least of Warhammer fans.