Dark Apostle (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Chaos Space Marines)
by Anthony Reynolds
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Author: Anthony ReynoldsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 1844165078
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Games Workshop
Book Reviews of Dark Apostle (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Chaos Space Marines)
Book Review: Hurray For The Bad Guys!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is written from the perspective the word errors, an evil group of space Marines. If you've read any Warhammer books then you know that most of the stories written from the perspective of the Imperium. I used to wonder about that, after reading some fairly bad books from the bad guys point of view I got an idea how hard it is actually write one of these books. It's okay to have a raving group of tainted warriors running your stoic good guys, but it's an entirely different situation to write about how those tainted warriors go home at night, make some dinner, and watch Seinfeld reruns to relax. In other words, it's hard to write from the perspective of a race that has entirely alien principles to your own and still make it plausible and interesting.
This author does an excellent job with maintaining that balance. The story is about the word errors coming to an Imperial planet in search of something of value. Naturally the imperials aren't too keen on this prospect and try to put up a fight. Due to betrayals early in the book, the evil forces take root on the planet and it becomes a matter of will leave Imperial's rescue the planet before the Chaos Marines finish their dark work. Considering this is book one of the trilogy from the bad guys point of view, don't count on the good guys coming out on top...However, as far as I was concerned the individual battles were handled very well and it was never quite sure whether the good guys or the bad guys would win them.
It was really cool to see a full on assault against the bad guys from their point of view, including a Titan and a gigantic Mechanus vehicle. You also get to see the dissent into chaos from the point of view of a regular person. Those really one of the stellar parts the book. Told from the point of view of an ordinary citizen after the occupation begins, you get to see how he slowly loses himself to chaos, but how he fights it off better than most; the true question is will he redeem himself in the end? The good guy characters are also handled very well and I liked all of them. When any character died, there were missed.
I guess by now you can figure out by now that I really enjoyed this book. I've already bought the sequel and plan to start reading it soon. Even if you can't find this book or the sequel in stores, and they're getting significantly harder to find, could still read Dark Creed which is the final book (though I read it first) in the series and excellent in its own right. It's much easier to find for purchase.
Summary of Dark Apostle (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Chaos Space Marines)
Driven on by dark visions, Dark Apostle Jarulek of the Word Bearers and his force lay waste to the Imperial planet of Tanakreg. After brutally enslaving the population, they set them to work building a monstrous, kilometres-high tower. What is the Word Bearers' vile purpose, and can they achieve it before the Imperial forces arrive to reclaim the planet?War Books
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