Reddit reviews Fifteen Hours (Warhammer 40,000)

It's 15 hours btw. And it refers to the average life expectancy of a Imperial Guardsman on the frontline against orks.

(the guard is one of the most interesting factions as it's composed of baseline humans in flak-jackets fighting hyper-violent fungus, planet-stripping hive monsters and literal demons.)

Fifteen hours. Best IG novel by far.

If you want exaggerated stories of heroes overcoming impossible odds, sure, go ahead and buy stuff like Gaunt's Ghosts. You'll be basically reading about Space Marines.

If you want a brutal, ultra realistic novel about how shitty life is in a warzone as a grunt in the Imperial Guard, get Fifteen Hours. Best Black Library book by far.

http://www.amazon.com/Fifteen-Hours-Warhammer-40-000/dp/1844162311

Hey. That's not entirely true.

I'll have you know the average life expectancy of an Imperial Guardsman in combat is a healthy Fifteen Hours

I still remember a tag-line in a White Dwarf was something like

> "2 months training, 1 week transport, average life expectancy: FIFTEEN HOURS"

By "Imperial Guard Book" do you mean the omnibus? If not -
Fifteen Hours by Mitchel Scanlon - Read this book if you find yourself getting worn out on the ol' 40k literature flaw of "The protagonist of this book is an invulnerable powerhouse who can defeat anybody ever." Fifteen hours is a paperback kick in the pants about a lowly guardsman trying not to die on the front lines of a planet he's not even supposed to BE on. It can also be found in the Imperial Guard Omnibus.

I second the votes for Eisenhorn, it'll make your Ravenor experience even better (coming from somebody who read Ravenor then Eisenhorn, I wish I had done it the other way around).

That is a thing.