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Gav Thorpe

British
Gavin Thorpe is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games. He has also authored a number of novels and short stories for the Black Library.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed Deliverance Lost.
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Gav Thorpe is a British game designer turned novelist whose background in board game design shows in his fiction's large-scale strategic intrigue — in Deliverance Lost, the eighteenth Horus Heresy novel, they pit Primarch Corax's effort to rebuild the shattered Raven Guard against the shape-shifting Alpha Legion's sabotage from within. We've reviewed 1 of their books so far, and it holds a 4.5/5 reader rating from over 1,200 Amazon ratings.
Where should I start?
Deliverance Lost is the natural starting point, since it's the only Gav Thorpe book we've reviewed. It follows Primarch Corax as he struggles to rebuild the shattered Raven Guard after the massacre at Isstvan V, while the shape-shifting Alpha Legion works to destroy them from within — and it holds a 4.5/5 reader rating from 1,280 Amazon ratings.
What's their writing style?
From the one book we've reviewed, Gav Thorpe writes science fiction built on dual tracks of conflict: a large-scale military struggle — Corax rebuilding the Raven Guard — intertwined with covert, infiltration-driven intrigue courtesy of the shape-shifting Alpha Legion. It's a style that suits their background designing board games, balancing big strategic moves against hidden threats.
Books we've reviewed
We've reviewed 1 Gav Thorpe book: Deliverance Lost, the eighteenth Horus Heresy novel, in which Primarch Corax rebuilds the shattered Raven Guard while the Alpha Legion undermines them from within. It carries a 4.5/5 reader rating from 1,280 Amazon ratings.
What genre do they write?
On LuvemBooks, Gav Thorpe's reviewed work falls squarely in science fiction: Deliverance Lost is a military SF novel set in the Horus Heresy era, mixing Legion warfare with espionage and infiltration. Their bio lists their genres as unknown more broadly, but this is the flavor of the book we've covered.
What should I read after Deliverance Lost?
Within our own coverage, Deliverance Lost is the only Gav Thorpe title we've reviewed, so we can't point you to another reviewed book of theirs yet. If you enjoyed its mix of Legion rebuilding and Alpha Legion infiltration, the wider Horus Heresy series is the obvious continuation — it's the eighteenth entry, so there's more of the saga on either side of it.
Who is Gav Thorpe?

Who is Gav Thorpe?

Gav Thorpe is a British game designer who has worked primarily on board games, and who also writes fiction. Their notable works include Crown of the Blood, and on LuvemBooks we've reviewed their science fiction novel Deliverance Lost, part of Black Library's Horus Heresy series.

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