Book Club #36: Bloodlines by Chris Wraight

Every two weeks we read a new book in the WH40k universe and discuss it on our podcast. We invite you to read along with us and join in on our conversation via comments, Twitter, email, or vox cast.

This episode we’re reading Bloodlines by Chris Wraight. You can purchase on Amazon, Black Library or Audible.

From the back of the book:

In the immense city of Varangantua, life is cheap but mistakes are expensive. When Probator Agusto Zidarov of the city’s enforcers is charged with locating the missing scion of a wealthy family, he knows full well that the chances of finding him alive are slight. The people demanding answers, though, are powerful and ruthless, and he is soon immersed in a world of criminal cartels and corporate warfare where even an enforcer’s survival is far from guaranteed. As he follows the evidence deeper into the city’s dark underbelly, he discovers secrets that have been kept hidden by powerful hands. As the net closes in on both him and his quarry, he is forced to confront just what measures some people are willing to take in order to stay alive…

Questions to ponder after reading Bloodlines:

• Did you like the book?
• Which parts stood out to you?
• What do you think about Varangantua as a setting overall?
• Do you think Agusto Zidarov is a particularly good detective? What did you make of his investigation?
• What did you make of Udmil Terashova as a character? Were you surprised at her various twists and turns?
• In terms of a mystery, how did this feel compared to most of Wraight’s WH40k (non-crime) writing?
• Was the ending satisfying?
• What is going on with “salvia?” What are the implications of this?