Dan Abnett
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 412 pages Rating: 4.19 | 14895 Users | 831 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Horus Rising |
| ISBN: | 184416294X (ISBN13: 9781844162949) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Horus Heresy #1, Der große Bruderkrieg #1, Warhammer 40,000, The Horus Heresy - Black Library recommended reading order #1 , more |
| Characters: | Garviel Loken, Horus (diverse), Ezekyle Abaddon, Tarik Torgaddon |
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So on the one hand (i.e., the overly hairy, knuckle-dragging one), this is Manwich-sized chunk of meaty, SF gun-porn dripping with sweat and oozing locker-room musk. HOWEVER, on the other manicured, latte- holding hand, this is a quality, well written tale with surprising character depth and a layered plot with real complexity and an unusual amount of nuance for a popcorn page-turner.At the risk of a DUH moment, let me point out that this is Warhammer 40000 tie in. I knew nothing about the Warhammer 40K universe before picking up this book…nothing. Therefore, if you’ve thought about checking out the series but didn’t know where to begin…TA DA…you have found your entry vehicle. If you haven’t thought about checking out the series, keep reading and you may change your mind.
Here’s a quick back-story and plot summary...
BACK STORY
This story is the first of a series that takes place 10000 years before the main Warhammer 40K events and explains how the galactic civil war (known as the Horus Heresy) got started. It’s the 31st Millennium. Thousands of years ago mankind scattered from Earth in a great Diaspora and populated the stars. For the last 2 centuries, the Imperium of Man guided by the
Assisting the Emperor in his
PLOT SUMMARY
The Emperor has unexpectedly left the front lines of the Great Crusade and returned to Earth (maybe for some celebratory rape and pillaging). In his place, the Emperor has raised his favorite Primarch, Horus, to the rank of War Master and put him in complete control over the mission and the other primarchs. This development does not sit well with some of the other 9 foot nasties and schemes, plots, rumors, conspiracies, machinations, cabals, ops and maneuvers ensue.
We following the Great Crusade under Horus through a series of conquests while learning about the back-story of the Imperium and watching the Space Marines in action (some very, very cool scenes by the way). At the same time, events begin to unfold that set the stage for the conflict that will develop as the series progresses, leading eventually to the split between Horus and the Emperor and the beginning of the great civil war.
THOUGHTS
This book is a blast and I had a lot of fun reading it. However, it was also quite a bit more and that’s what I found surprising. While there are certainly a number of stock characters and not everyone gets evenly developed, the main players are drawn with considerable depth and distinct personalities. This is not exactly an easy thing to do dealing with soldiers that physically are almost identical. In addition, the exploration of religion and philosophy and the arguments on these themes from multiple viewpoints added a nice layer to the plot.
The writing is certainly better than what I anticipated and was of high quality. Abnett has a crisp, easy flow to his prose and is able to write both with humor and the darker emotions as called for by the narrative. I was impressed enough with his writing that I will seek out other books he’s written as I enjoy his style.
Finally, I thought the idea of the Museum of Conquest (i.e., a huge starship where examples of every alien race exterminated are preserved for posterity) was diabolically cool. Didn’t have anything to do with the story, but was just one of those concepts that add to the overall back-story and that I found clever.
Overall, this is highly entertaining. This is one of those that if you think you would enjoy it based on the plot description or the subject matter, than I am confident that you will. It is an easy, breezy read loaded with action and enough depth to raise it above the norm.
4.0 stars. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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| Title | : | Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy #1) |
| Author | : | Dan Abnett |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 412 pages |
| Published | : | April 25th 2006 by Black Library |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. 40k. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 14895 Users | 831 ReviewsAssessment About Books Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy #1)
as a kid I grew up with games workshop the black library and white dwarf magazine. I loved it. but I never read any full length novel until this one. it was very very good why did I wait so long.So on the one hand (i.e., the overly hairy, knuckle-dragging one), this is Manwich-sized chunk of meaty, SF gun-porn dripping with sweat and oozing locker-room musk. HOWEVER, on the other manicured, latte- holding hand, this is a quality, well written tale with surprising character depth and a layered plot with real complexity and an unusual amount of nuance for a popcorn page-turner. At the risk of a DUH moment, let me point out that this is Warhammer 40000 tie in. I knew nothing about the
Another killer book in what is shaping up to be a really amazing and imaginative universe. I'm glad I did not start my Warhammer 40K reading with this book though, I read the Night Lords and Eisenhorn omnibuses prior to this, because there's a lot of information being thrown at you right from jump street and I probably would have been lost and a little confused. There's action, character development, intrigue, history, aliens, augmented-superhumans, secrets galore, and shit tons of good writing.
I was there the day Horus slew the Emperor.Ten years ago amazing cover artist Neil Roberts, Dan Abnett and an host of other great authors started something epic.The Horus Heresy is just the best sci-fi military saga ever, with good touches of fantasy and horror (orcs and elves are alien races here and there are demons and lovecraftian horrors too).In ten years I've read this novel 3 times: first one when it was released, second one when it was translated in Italian (sadly the only one, but
I am really enjoying the Warhammer 40k books. I never played any of the games, so I feel like there's backstory that I'm missing. Who is the emperor? Where did his power come from? Why does everyone follow him? His goal was to rid the universe of religion and superstition (which sounds good to me), but then he makes himself a god and creates the Primarchs who are demi-gods and proceeds to wage war on any world or people that don't fall in line with his ideology. I know the ultimate outcome of
This was my first exposure to anything Warhammer 40,000. When I was a kid I would often see the starter sets at the hobby/gaming shops I'd go to with my dad, but I never really had much interest for a few reasons...mostly that Warhammer tabletop stuff is expensive as fuck and the universe has always seemed kind of impenetrable, due to the fact that the history/setting seemed to be originally explained only in the manuals/codexes associated with the game. Thankfully someone had the great idea to
A pretty good book-but it felt more like a series of short stories than a complete novel.I'll be honest, I had no idea that a licensed book could reach these levels of quality. Abnett has a deft hand when it comes to writing characters, and he makes them interesting with just a few sentences or background details. I especially liked Torgaddon, Tarvitz and Lucius. There's surprisingly little action, considering this is a Warhammer book. But I don't count that as a negative. The unfolding events
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