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Two books into the Horus Heresy and two great stories down.I actually found this one even better than Horus Rising (but there is no sixth star to give it) for the way the novel plays with the concept of truth. There are parts when I'm so twisted around by what the character's are seeing and doing that even I don't know who's good and who's evil, and given that I go into this thinking I know everything about this setting that's a pretty amazing thing. It was a little slower to get going than Horu...
False Gods it the second novel in The Horus Heresy series, which is arguably one of the biggest events to hit the universe of Warhammer 40,000. It’s also an extremely long event, occurring over dozens of books. It may be a bit of an intimidating read, but trust me, it’s well worth the effort and experience. Written by Graham McNeill, False Gods is the epic continuation to Horus Rising. We’re still steadily building towards the main conflict, with faith and loyalties being cast into doubt all ov
All of the characters from the first book disappeared and in their place we got cardboard cutouts with their names. However, it was a moderately enjoyable story once I got used to the characters lack of personality.My biggest gripe is that I was hoping to learn about the great scheme that turned Horus to chaos, but no. It can be summed up like this:Horus is "good", but has a bad day. Erebus shows Horus a possible bad future through sorcery. Magnus, Horus' brother who he knows is a great sorcerer...
I was there the day that Horus fellThe Great Crusade continues. Warmaster Horus and his newly renamed Legion, the Sons of Horus and the other member of 63rd expedition continues to lead the war to ensure the destiny of mankind to be the ruler of the galaxy. The primarch is alone and without the guidance of the emperor the forces unknown to them is watching.False Gods is a personal story about Horus and the Astartes of the Sons of Horus(Luna Wolves). To the doubting Horus and slow buildup on turn...
Well this was a major step down from the first book in the Horus Heresy series. In "Horus Rising", Dan Abnett did his best to set up the psychology of the main characters in the saga, making me think that Horus' monumental decision to take down the Emperor would be based on some kind of internal conflict, and drama, and shades of grey issues of morality. It also made me very curious to see how will he get to that point. Unfortunately, all my high hopes were quickly dispersed when Graham McNeill
Once again, thoroughly enjoyed this. I look forward to more lore in this fascinating series. I'm a huge fan already, only two books in. There is so much to this hobby.
Of all the books on the Warhammer 40K universe, the Horus Heresy series ranks among the best out there. Book Two follows in the tour de force style of the first volume. The infamous events of the fall of the Warmaster continues. After the events of the first book and the corrupted evil sword was stolen, by Erebus, and caused a war between the Interrex and the Imperium. The events surrounding Jubal (the Space Marine that was possessed) are causing people to begin to view the Emperor as a God. The...
I had to put this one down and pick it up a few times, the first half really dragged for me. The second half picked up a little bit, but for all tactical brilliance the characters are supposed to have, they sure do just run straight at things and hit it with swords a lot. Every action scene was the same: Look! Things! Run up and chop em!! Aren't we glorious?The characters behaved more like what you'd imagine orks would be when it finally came down to the action bits, which left me wondering why
Oh boy. The writing is pretty bad in this one. They don't seem to be able to figure out how to get around modern English colloquialisms, so the mood is constantly being broken. The first book seemed to try to develop the characters a bit more and give them nuance, but book two descends into melodrama and its only the lack of facial hair that prevents the villains from twirling their mustachios.
This is the second in the Horus Heresy series from Black Library. The blurb from the back is as follows: The Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. The Emperor of Mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the Warmaster Horus. Yet all is not well in the armies of the Imperium. Horus is still battling against the jealousy and resentment of his brother primarchs and, when he is injured in combat on the planet Davin, he must also battle his inner daemons.
"Science and religion collide - breaking friendships and brotherhoods alike" This is a reread of the Horus Heresy series. I've been slowly buying the Premium edition hardback books. So given this, I wanted to mention how beautiful the embossed cover is under the dust jack. It portrays the image you can see on the cover picture. Rather neat. Black Library has also added four images per novel, that pertain to a particular scene in the novel. The thing is, there very cartoonish - I'm not a fan o
Well shit, that escalated fast. I knew it was coming, but Horus went from a likable hero to a first rate douche bag in a couple hundred pages. All I have to say is Torgaddon better not die in the next book - he's my favorite.
Interestingly, I think the best quote to sum up the qualities of the second book of the Horus Heresy is this:"What lies beyond that door?" asked Horus, backing away from the silver portal."Truths you will not want to see," replied Sejanus, "and answers you will not want to hear."This book was absolutely spectacular. False Gods is in my mind even better than its predecessor Horus Rising, mostly because of its absolutely artistic description of the corruption and subversion of Horus and some of hi...
This was a marathon read that I could literally not put down, thus I'm going to highly recommend it.Being the second book in the series, we can begin to see where Horus starts down the path to Heresy. However, I don't know if I would necessarily call it pride. Allow me to digress. The story of Horus' betrayal against the Emperor has obvious similarities to the mythical fall of Lucifer. He is the favored son of the Emperor; the champion, the chosen one, the anointed by God himself, etc. Through t...
Lots of filler 'n shit in this one, but there was some fun action and it's hard to not have fun in a universe as motherfucking over the top as 40k's. More to come if and when I feel like writing about 40k stuff, which will probably be never because I already have an obscene backlog.
Edit: Someone pointed out to me that there are readers start this series without knowing what Warhammer 40k is and that for such reader this review might contain spoilers. So if you are completely unfamiliar with Warhammer 40k avoid this and reviews for this series in general. /editStill not sure if this book is better or worse than first one but it's still a bloody good fun. Writing in this book is notch bellow first one. So far I got the impression that Abnett is better writer than McNeil, his...
I think, after nine months on my reading list, it might be time to just admit that I couldn’t give less of a crap about Horus. He’s a bit like Ted, from How I Met Your Mother: everyone keeps mentioning how great he is in the text, but nothing he’s actually doing makes me think anyone under his command would even respect him, let alone adore him. Such a fundamental mischaracterisation makes the Horus Heresy nearly impossible to get into for me (which is sad, because I have fond memories of 40K).
I was there the day that Horus fell.....False Gods is the second book in the Horus Heresy series. Warmaster Horus and the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet continue the quest to bring the galaxy under control of the Emperor. A world formerly brought into compliance has seemingly rebelled, so the Sons of Horus prepare to squash rebels, only to bring about a course of events that will bring about the great heresy. I loved this book! Lots of great fighting action, nurgle-ly undead fun and the beginnings of
I am again impressed by the depth and complexity of these novels and the themes being explored. The first Horus Heresy novel dealt with irony and brotherhood while this one tackled deceit and secrets and most of all, change. Still a huge cast of characters, still the sense of wonder technology and action sequences, but this one left me with a knot in my stomach. The knot is because in the course of just one book some characters that embodied and personified the best there was to offer in this un...
I was there the day that Horus fell... The opening trilogy of the Horus Heresy is still one of the best parts of the saga, and re-reading it after ten years is still a blast. My knowledge of Warhammer 40000 lore grown a lot in this time, and knowing now what is going to happen to characters in their future adds a lot of pleasure and entertainment to the reading.Kharn, Magnus, Fabius, Angron, Lucius and so on. I'm so happy this is not just a list of names for me.(view spoiler)[And if you read