Description

Eye of Terror is Barrington J. Bayley's 1999 standalone novel, following Rogue Trader Maynard Rugolo into the Eye of Terror as the Imperium prepares a desperate crusade into the heart of Chaos. Seeking wealth and adventure among the fringe worlds of the Eye, Rugolo and Navigator Pelor Calliden become caught up in the schemes of pirates, xenos and daemons while attempting to survive a realm where the boundaries between reality and the Warp have all but disappeared. Alongside Rugolo's journey, the novel follows Abdaziel Magron, an ancient Dark Angel who awakens in the Eye thousands of years after entering suspended animation during the Great Crusade. Taken in by the Fallen Angel Zhebdek Abaddas, Magron is confronted with a radically transformed Imperium and the seductive influence of Chaos. An unusual early exploration of the Eye of Terror, the novel ranges from Rogue Trader adventure to Chaos Space Marine intrigue and surreal Warp fantasy, offering a distinctly strange vision of the 41st Millennium and exploring both the corrupting power of Chaos and the possibility of resisting it.