After the first book of this duology I was not expecting this to pop out of the Warp, put a Vengeance Cannon against my head and absolutely blow my mind!

I truly cannot fathom why so many ratings and reviews for this are so tepid.

I've listened to around 40 hours of audiobooks and audio dramas covering Monarchia through the Battle of Calth and the Underworld War to Gage's Wild Ride and Kor Phaeron finding new digs, and this is absolutely up there with Know No Fear, Calth That Was, and The Underworld War, as well as having some of the greatest reflections and reactions to the razing of the Perfect City and the shaming of the XVII, a Son of Lorgar with enough depth, character, and emotion to rival Argal Tal, and just some of the richest and visceral touches and details around the rituals of Chaos and all things heretical.

I am flabbergasted that this literally did everything I said the last book lacked and eschewed everything I took issue with. I no way does this feeling like a rushed, unplanned tie-in to a box set.

I absolutely intend to do more of a deep dive review because I have a lot to say and I truly think this book deserves the praise and recognition I think it deserves because I am positively giddy with how good this was and how happy it made me! ( )

Good grief. Everything that ends up on Calth and becomes uninteresting. Story starts fine and the Word Bearers are genuinely interesting. But once you get to Calth, urk. ( )

Kraftmikil saga í Warhammer vísindasögu-fantasíuheiminum sem þróast hefur upp úr spilakerfi og er orðinn æði viðamikill. Áhugaverð spil þótt ég eigi sennilega aldrei eftir að spila nokkuð af þeim. Hvað um það. Þessi vísindasögu-fantasíuheimur hefur fengið að þróast sögulega og gerist í fjarlægri framtíð. Ég greip í þessa sögu sem gerist í bókaflokkinum "Horus heresy" þar sem helsti herforingi og arftaki einræðisherra jarðar gerir uppreisn og herflokkar jarðar snúast hver gegn öðrum.
Trúarbrögð og ofstæki eru mjög fyrirferðarmikil og í raun lykilatriðið í þessari sögu. Eftirminnileg sögupartur og leiklestur í stærri heild. ( )