Book Club Book #139: Daemonhammer by Darius Hinks

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, Discord, email, or vox cast.

For this episode, we’re reading Daemonhammer by Darius Hinks. You can purchase it at Amazon, Black Library, or Audible.

From the back of the book:

Zealous and uncompromising, Inquisitor Torquemada Coteaz is the scourge of cultist and daemon alike, striking fear into the hearts of the Emperor’s foes. As lord inquisitor and High Protector of the Formosa Sector, he wields terrible power, able to purge entire systems of the taint of Chaos and heresy, with a legion of agents and interrogators at his disposal. But the long decades of horrors are taking their toll, and his body is reaching the limits of endurance. When sinister tidings from a forgotten corner of the sector hint at spectres from his past, Coteaz must face a terrible choice: abandon his throne to those who covet it, or cling to power by shattering the very bounds of mortality. Yet there are other forces at work in the darkness, and should Coteaz succumb to their alluring power, billions will fall with him.

Discussion guide for Daemonhammer

• Did you like the book?
• Which parts stood out to you?
• Was Coteaz a “good” inquisitor?
• Was Voltas either a “good” person or a good interrogator?
• What do we think of Sato? Were you invested in her story?
• Did you like Coteaz’s retinue? Did we really get to know them?
• Poor Elias. Do you feel for his plight? Did he fall too willingly?
• Do we like the Soul Glass as a MacGuffin? Is Coteaz right about the Soul Glass?