The Masque of Vyle by Andy Chambers.
This book begins on the remains of one of the many craftworlds left drifting thanks to the fall of the Eldar. It has been totally destroyed and we begin with finding out what the Harlequins self policing role is within the surviving civilisation of the Eldar species. I enjoyed this short novella quite a lot, I read it in one day and I couldn't put it down. It is written from a different angle than the Path of the Eldar and Path of the Dark Eldar series but that doesn't detract from the story at all.
Within this novella we're introduced to another of the subrealms of Commorragh and how the dark kin flex there control of the newly acquired realms. The majority of this book focuses at a nighttime feast and through the description and actions of one of the Harlequins famous masques. The Harlequins self policing role is highlighted quite clearly as the story progresses and their feeling towards one of their own by the name of Motley who they feel is darkly corrupted.
The Dark Eldar within this tale do show their callous nature and their unstoppable greed for pain and misery, and again and again it showed how they treat any other living creature related by nature or not. Andy Chambers does a really good job in getting you to dislike the main two Dark Eldar leaders in such a small time period and manages to do a good job in pacing their fall.
This novella is short but by no means does it lessen its enjoyability. I would recommend this short book if you want to find out a bit more about the mysterious Harlequins. You will enjoy it if you give it a chance.
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