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The human Imperium stands at its height of glory - thousands of worlds have been brought to heel by the conquering armies of mankind. At the peak of his powers, Warmaster Horus wields absolute control - but can even he resist the corrupting whispers of Chaos?
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McNeill outdoes himself. -  |
False Gods: The Heresy Takes Root Review |
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Graham McNeill is what I'd call a good science fiction author, but he's definitely not my idea of a great one. Called upon to write the second back on the new HORUS HERESY series from the Black Library, McNeill had a tall order in following science fiction superstar Dan Abnett, and I was quite wary of there being a dropoff in the quality. I don't mean to bring up Abnett-McNeill comparisons, I just mean that out of the first three authors (Abnett, Ben Counter, an McNeill) McNeill was the question mark given that he's really only written about the Generic Marines (Ultramarines) and the--albeit very good--Iron Warrior book.
Happily, he stepped it up to a level of writing I hadn't previously seen from him. While there will be the usual complaints of Horus's fall being too contrived or too "easy", it's really mostly hot air in my opinion. McNeill takes the characters Abnett fleshed out and continues developing them, and with a few exceptions (Horus Aximand is a lot different) it all goes very smoothly. The conflict between the lodge and non-frat space marines is interesting, and the battle scene on the moon of Davin is very, very, very, good. It says no plot spoilers, so I won't say too much. I'll stick with saying that McNeill does a good job showing Horus's conflict, makes Magnus a character one feels sorry for (as he should be on some level), keeps Loken real, and writes at least two top shelf battle scenes. Overall, it's a great book, and it set up Ben Counter for the slam dunk third entry as well. Highly recommended. |
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I am new to the Warhammer 40K universe. I was excited after reading the first book in the Horus Heresy series and I had high expectations for this book, I was not disapointed. I love this book. I had a hard time putting it down and finished it in two days. Very good story from the start. Bottom line, get this book. I am looking forward to the third book in the Horus Heresy series. |
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Graham McNeill is one of the major innovators at The Black Library. His books are always filled with the kind of "fluff" that excites Warhammer enthusiasts and I consider him the speartip of Warhammer creativity.
For the most part I am thrilled by his creative inventions. His descriptions of the various planets and societies are inspired and his descriptions of Chaos rituals are among the best in the Warhammer universe. I would have given this novel five stars but for some niggling complaints, which I am going to enumerate out of a certain frustration. My frustration arises from the following: (1) he usually employs multiple points of view (a practice endemic in Warhammer writing). This is not bad in itself but he employs short passages that break the flow of the writing and slows the narrative. Tolstoy uses multiple points of view but he lets the narrative develop and flow, allowing the reader to become involved in the narrative. Frankly, I want to be unaware of the change in point of view; I want to sink so deeply into the novel that I am living it. If a novelist shifts back and forth in short machine gun like bursts, it disrupts the narrative flow. This works in a movie; it doesn't work well in a novel. (2) He tends to use anachronistic expressions that distract from the narrative. For instance, twice Horus, the great Warmaster, says to his Mournival- "You are a sight for sore eyes." (3) Horus acts child-like over and over again (but so did Hitler and Stalin, you say), even spilling his guts to a journalist in an attempt to immortalize himself in print, when he thinks he is going to die. In addition, certain plot choices confused me. More particularly, I didn't understand the motivations behind the invasion of the Davin moon. For instance, why would the Legion transport Titans to the moon to battle an army of the undead, which they dispatch with a blow to the head? Was Horus' hubris such that he saw every battle as an insult to his pride and honor? Was it necessary to display the almost incalculable strength of the Legion against a rebellious brother? Or was it necessary to introduce the Titans into the plot? Additionally, at the end of the novel,why does Horus abandon the crusade to attack a potentially friendly world? Does he seek their technology or has Chaos already taken hold of him and he wants simply to kill and maim? Irrespective of these criticisms, I say bravo to McNeill. He took the threads of the Horus Rising and substantially raised the level of discourse. |
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Powerful, tragic, and well written, Graham does a great job of humanizing a being who is beyond human in power and scope. The thing that amazed me the most, was how seamless the writing was from the first book to the second. If the names hadn't been on the cover, I would have thought both books were written by the same person. That isn't easy to do. |
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I have a theory about books, and it goes like this: If a book contains guns, swords, spaceships, robots, or aliens then it is going to be a pretty good book. If the book contains all five of those things then it is possibly THE GREATEST STORY OF ALL TIME!!! (read that last part with an echo effect on the voice in your head)
I like the Wahammer 40k series. They are good, fun reads. That is all they promise to be, and they deliver every time. |
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