Getting the job done has remained the basic motive of the Inquisitor Eisenhorn and for the fulfillment of his tasks, he has used every means that was provided. He is the sort of person for whom “End justifies the means”. Whether the way that he adopted was a good one or it was linked to the evil world he didn’t care about it. Still Eisenhorn has been hailed as a hero in his domain because he has saved the life of many innocent people.
Some people think that the deeds of his past are now finally coming up to him but it is incorrect there are forces that want to pull him to the dungeons of hell. Eisenhorn is not going to lose the battle that easily that’s why he has gone on an independent hunt for Inquisitor Quixos who faked his death many years ago.
For the world Quixos is not alive anymore and following him is like chasing a ghost. Only Eisenhorn is certain of his survival and he has to prove it otherwise his fate will lead him to his downfall. To beat the enemy this time the man who is considered as a hero among the people has to adopt means which will make him look more as a villain.
Perhaps in the end he will become the kind of person which he used to hate at the start of his career. Dan Abnett takes the story to a bigger level as he did in Horus Rising and Xenos, the ways the hero adopts shock us as well but he is left with no other choice at all. Toby Longworth trembles in narration at the middle chapters however the climax is handled alright.