![]() ![]() Some of the drama is handled well where it matters, but isn’t grimdark enough for a post Game of Thrones audience. I would have liked more of Horus’ political scheming and more clear character deaths. ![]() We knew most of the treachery before Istvaan and it’s a shame. I wanted a little more color to Tarvitz and Vipus fate should be death, but I think they deserved an on-page death. This novel does its job best focusing on the ground forces of space marines fighting treachery, and that’s what a lot of us are showing up for. You can justify this as a post-Davin affair, but it began immediately in False Gods and never returned. It’s just loyalties and force, whereas in Horus Rising there were depictions of subtle political maneuvering, genius even, but it’s been given up at this point for vague secrecy and blind anger. ![]() It serves its job, hits the right notes for 40K fans, but doesn’t have quite the wonder of “Horus Rising.” Horus and Abaddon take a decent step away from cackling villains like they were in “False Gods,” but the political intrigue of Horus is gone. ![]() I can’t fault this book because it’s par for what I expected going into this series. Much better than False Gods, still short of Horus Rising ![]()
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