Path of the Seer book review spoiler free...ish

 

Path of the Seer by Gavin Thorpe.

The second book in the Path of the Eldar series focuses on the Eldar Thirianna from the Craftworld Alaitoc. She begins on the path of the poet, but seeks a change and the path of the seer calls to her. Once she starts and is diving into the warp to see the many threats and dangers of the immaterium, she comes across a vision that shows a devastating danger approaching. Although the Path of the Eldar is not my favorite trilogy from the 40k universe, I did enjoy learning more about how the pathways work, along with the activities of the Eldar on the Craftworlds. Thirianna is known from the Path of the Warrior book, but in this book we see her perspective much more as a character. I found her quite vanilla, but the path of the seer and how it works once on the path was interesting.

In my opinion, the novel isn't groundbreaking, but it's also not terrible. I would say it's a comfortable middle ground between them both. It is worth reading if you want to learn more about the Craftworld Eldar, and it brings with it some nice bits of information about their lifestyles. Gav Thorpe has managed to bring some good aspects into the novel, like parts where she goes into the webway whilst in astral form, and some interesting bits about Bonesingers and others like them. There are a few parts of action and more information about the War Masks donned by the Eldar for battle. All in all, the book was good but not quite managing to reach the heights of other books of the series.

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bottom image book cover of the version used in the review