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Unlike most Black Library writers, Fehervari's depictions of Chaos are rarely as direct and clear-cut as most depictions in the fluff. The typical hallmarks of Chaotic corruption, like mentioning Nurgle or Khorne, or having easily recognizable types of daemon are rare if not nonexistent in his work. Fehervari uses the Tau to show a contrast to the Imperium, as their scientific-minded, less-zealous and xenophobic mindset provides us a great point from which to see how horrific and uncaring the Imperium really is, although he also manages to show a distinctly unique dark side to the Tau quite apart from the usual soft-Orwellian overtones they usually have. | |||
Revision as of 11:36, 27 December 2021
A full time TV-editor of Hungarian descent, Peter Fehervari is pretty much a flagship of 40k's Warhammer Horror line, having published some of the most genuinely unsettling 40k novels. Like Dan Abnett, he features numerous linking threads between them all - recurring characters, locations, or concepts. The term for Fehervari's sub-setting is The Dark Coil, and you can find more about it on that page.
Unlike Dan Abnett, Fehervari's oeuvre mostly centers around horror.
Unlike most Black Library writers, Fehervari's depictions of Chaos are rarely as direct and clear-cut as most depictions in the fluff. The typical hallmarks of Chaotic corruption, like mentioning Nurgle or Khorne, or having easily recognizable types of daemon are rare if not nonexistent in his work. Fehervari uses the Tau to show a contrast to the Imperium, as their scientific-minded, less-zealous and xenophobic mindset provides us a great point from which to see how horrific and uncaring the Imperium really is, although he also manages to show a distinctly unique dark side to the Tau quite apart from the usual soft-Orwellian overtones they usually have.