Horus Rising (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Horus Heresy) by Dan Abnett
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Book Reviews of Horus Rising (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Horus Heresy)
Book Review: A must read for 40k fluff fans
Summary: 5 Stars
(warning: SPOILERS)
Well, I got this book and I was very very happy with it.
A lot of the 40k books are more like saturday morning cartoons for adults...so they are a good way to pass time on the bus/subway wand such. This book, however, is on a higher level than those.
I won't say this is a masterpiece of literature, but I find it interesting how the book goes to question the need of human beings for religion. The need to worship gods and not just be a secular society.
Further it goes into new more specific designs of the primarchs and their armor. As well as their relationships with eachother. I was very pleased that Horus's fall from glory looks like it will be taken seriously, and not like Anakin's in revenge of the sith...which was quite unrealistic.
I look with hope that the previously unmentioned primarchs will be mentioned in the coming books, since the emperor does talk in brief about the full 20 primarchs.
Book Review: Pick this up!
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazingly written and perfectly executed! Good job Dan Abnett!
If you are new to sci-fi and would like to read an excellent starting point on the WH40K universe this is the place to start. I have been dabbling with 40k since '89 and had always wanted to know what made the Warmaster turn against humanity. Now this book doesn't let you know why but it certain begins the history of how and why it all happened.
Now there are other better written reviews and by the time you get to this review you should already be convinced to pick up this book and the other 2 in the first part of the trilogy.
I have finished all 3 books and have even considered getting back into the table-top game just to become more familiar with the entire 40k universe. For all of you hardcore 40k fans its time to stop rolling the dice for a least a weekend and pick up this series and see why Horus really became a spawn of the Chaos Lords of the Warp!
Book Review: The Other Side of the Imperium
Summary: 5 Stars
This is argueably one of the best Warhammer 40k novels I've ever read. I am a huge Dan Abnett fan and longtime Imperium fan. But to see the view of the Luna Wolves prior to the Heresy is quite insightful. Additionally there are also a few other Space Marine characteristics you learn about during the novel and a lot of insight into the Primarchs, including Warmaster Horus himself.
Before the taint of Chaos and any other daemonic/spiritual entities, the Luna Wolves are escorting the Warmaster on the compliance crusade. With various encounters with other chapters and their views/differences it's amazing to see how Space Marines prior to the heresy viewed each other and battle. A few key introductions of the taint of Chaos appear throughout the novel and show just how the foulness can spread like a cancer. The ending leaves you wanting but if you're a true Space Marine or Warhammer 40k fan, you'll be reading the second and third in the series.
Book Review: Dan Abnett is the master
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been involved in the Warhammer 40,000 universe for 20 years now, and have been an avid military sci-fi reader for almost 30 years. For 20 years, fans of Warhammer 40,000 have known the basics of the story that serves as the "foundation" of the entire franchise - the betrayal of the god-like human Emperor by his beloved son, the Warmaster Horus, who becomes the "Satan" figure throughout the rest of the game. Abnett's novel at last puts a human face and details to the story, and has done so with breathtaking, moving brilliance. All of the characters are wonderfully depicted and very engaging, which makes the story all the more bittersweet since we know that despite the nobility and virtue of these characters, they ultimately become villains. The "fall from grace" that this book chronicles is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions - this is now my favorite fiction book of all time.Book Review: Lays the groundwork fo the next books
Summary: 5 Stars
For an opening book without much action it lays the groundwork for the series.
Many characters are introduced. We see things through a newly elevated captain to the Mournival, an informal internal advisory council to Horus. I enjoyed learning about the "court" and cast of characters surrounding Horus's "crusade" fleet and the decisions he has to reach as well as his wondering, his subtle knawing doubts that are revealed due to the Emperor retiring from combat back on Terra, questions as to the Emperors purpose and decisions at creating more of a civilian government to run things etc.
I have not read the series so I am not yet aware of the various payoffs.
Abnet is damned good here in one of his least action packed novels. His forte is characther development, surprises and slow reveals and all are on display here.