This being my fstep into sci-fi I give it 4 stars for representing the genre. It was well written and kindly let me live in tthis other world for awhile.

The most misunderstood of the legions, A Thousand Sons provides an excellent tale of brotherhood and betrayal who showcase truly awesome feats of power. Definitely more human-like Astartes in the Sons, much to McNeill's credit. Their pursuit of knowledge and its preservation has me conflicted in my feelings for the Space Wolves, who are among my favorites, who seek to destroy it utterly. Favorite of the Heresy series so far.

Superb piece of 40k fiction, in my opinion the best of the Horus Heresy series.A vivid and fascinating depiction of the events that led Magnus the Red and his legion of the Thousand Sons away from the imperium. A tragic story that sympathises with the fallen legion.

I love how Chaos just leaves you guessing about how much they really influence these "gods" aka Primarchs. I also felt incredible sympathy for the Thousand Sons and like the return of the Rememberancers. I wished there was more about Ahriman's Rubric though it just mentions that he has this powerful spell that will help his brothers resist the flesh change. All-in-all one of my favorite Horus Heresy books!

Drivel. Here's a sample sentence: "Its princeps was killed and its moderati crushed when the engine fell during the bloody campaigns of extermination waged in the middle years of the Great Crusade against the barbaric greenskin of the Kamenka Troika." A poorly edited book, contains numerous mistakes, obscure phrases and moves very slowly.

This was a blast of a re-read! Totally forgot the Cthulhu Mythos references to the Pnakotic Manuscripts and "Mad Alhazred", but the best one was the vision about the Dawn of War videogame series Blood Ravens!The tragic tale about Magnus the Red and his Thousand Sons fall is still my most favourite one Horus Heresy tale.The last hundred pages with the Space Wolves assault and the razing of Prospero were a real page turner.Just a shame Mcneill messed continuity later with "The Outcast Dead" but th...

I recently re-read this book, and damn I'd forgotten how good it was. Tragic, enthralling, and filled with cool moments of action. Wonderful read. 4 out of 5 stars.

"I call it... the Rubric."

From the moment I turned my other eye inwards, I knew they were there: The Eternal Powers of the Great Ocean, beings older than time with power beyond imagining. Only they had the means to save you all from hideous mutation and death, so yes, I supped from their poisoned chalice.Another brilliant Graham McNeill outing. My first real encounter with Magnus and the Thousand Sons, and I am not disappointed. In fact, I think Magnus may be my favourite primarch. The additional exploration of sorcery,

Review:Picked up the book last evening, finished reading and turned out the light at exactly 3:33am. Coincidence?My review? Go out and buy the book, absorb it in one sitting.That's it?I have to admit that is this is a difficult book to read and review as I am forced to set aside any fanboy glee for what is my personal favorite Legion (1ksons) and the Horus Heresy novel I've been waiting for since the beginning. Deep breath. I'm a pro. Objectivity. GO!WOW!A Thousand Sons is a story about one loya...

Wow, what a F'ing story. This is some Bill Shakespeare up in this shit! A fantastically entertaining blend of about forty different genres, this book is one of the better Horus Heresy novels I've read, and I'm twelve deep now. I know I've dug pretty much every Warhammer 40K book I've read but this one is just that much better than those other ones, it's bigger and more complex than most of them and does a very decent job at emotion instigation as evidenced by heartbreak and disappointment as wel...

An absolute masterpiece. Started off a bit slow but builds up pace rather quickly. Fuck the space wolves!

What is wisdom without debate? Why condemn everyone around you in order to punish yourself? This book, which should've been named A Thousand Bad Decisions, all made with the absolute best of intentions, is Ahzek Ahriman's attempt to set the record straight about what his father did and why. In the 41st millennium, Ahriman is one of the most murderous sorcerors to ever plague the Imperium, but 10,000 years before that he was a loyal son and devoted scholar.Long before the dropsite massacre, Amlod...

The first part of a duology, followed by Prospero Burns. The duology focusses on an event in the Horus Heresy where the Space Wolves are sent to sack the homeworld of the Thousand Sons, Prospero, to punish them for practicing the forbidden arts of sorcery.Interestingly enough, the writers switched places while doing the preparations and brainstorming. Although the rough Space Wolves chapter was more McNeill's 'thing', he took on the challenge to write the subtle Thousand Sons. While Dan Abnett w...

I read this immediately after reading Nick Kyme's Tome of Fire Trilogy. I was willing to read this entirely because I liked those books so much. This one was also recommended to me by the same friend who lent me the Tome of Fire Trilogy, because he knew I liked the Thousand Sons. In short, I was a little underwhelmed. This story is VERY slow, which I don't usually mind, but this is a very long book where remarkably little actually happens. And while the battles are described in excruciating det

It’s back to my 40k reading project and this time I had the pleasure of another Graham McNeill novel. Besides Magnus, The Thousand Sons have only featured sparsely in the last couple of Warhammer novels I’ve read. I was intrigued to learn more about this Legion and Mr McNeill gave me just opportunity I was looking for. A Thousand Sons focuses on the Legion’s activities prior to the events of the main heresy. Feared by his brother Primarchs, Magnus the Red is called to Nikaea to answer for crimes...

‘Nearly all men can stand adversity, but few can stand the ultimate test of character, that of wielding power without succumbing to its darker temptations.’The epic, the saga, the tragedy. The longest book in the Horus Heresy series so far, A Thousand Sons is also the most focused attempt to show a “good” character brought down by a flaw. McNeill already had a go at it with Fulgrim, which was good but had some issues around motivation. With A Thousand Sons, it’s very very close to Horus Rising a...

A Thousand Sons.The Thousand Sons are perhaps one of the most interesting and tragic Legions to fall during the Horus Heresy. Their Legion organization and operation was amazing, having all the different cults work together was phenomenal to read. There were many really key events in this novel, and it really stretched to cover a lot of time, and I would have definitely liked to see a lot more of the in-between such astounding events.At the same time, getting to see The Triumph at Ullanor first

Previously, I said that Fulgrim (another Graham McNeill novel) was the best depiction so far of a Legion's fall to Chaos. Thousand Sons has now claimed that throne. Both the Emperor's Children (from Fulgrim) and the Thousand Sons are in large part undone by their own hubris, but the Thousand Sons are a bit easier to relate to (as, spoiler, the fall of Fulgrim stems from being psychically poisoned by a sentient artifact). Indeed, much of the Horus Heresy setting revolves around individuals or gro...

After the last few duds in the series, A Thousand Sons provides a strong comeback for the series. The richness of the Horus Heresy history flows through this book as we're treated to both the Coronation of Horus at Ullinor and the Council of Nikaea. Unlike the Dark Angels books where we're only told of their Primarch from afar, in this book we not only have Magnus, the Primarch of the Thousand Sons, but also plenty of scenes with the Emperor, Lehman Russ and also minor appearances of other Prima...