I love science fiction so that comes up integrated with theology fairly frequently as well. Wartick- Always Have a Reason– Check out my “main site” which talks about philosophy of religion, theology, and Christian apologetics (among other random topics). Horus Heresy and Warhammer/40K Hub– All my posts on the Horus Heresy, as well as books throughout the Warhammer and 40K universe can be found here. There’s a lot here that fills in details of previous and future conflicts, along with great character building throughout. The readers do a good job, but all of these audiobooks could do with much, much better sound balancing, so that as a listener I’m not straining to hear one moment and then having my eardrums pummeled the next.Īge of Darknessis a great collection that should not be skipped. and do it all to the point where I find myself constantly having to adjust the volume as I listen to it on the go. I have listened to a few of the Primarchs novels as well, and they all have the same issue this collection did: the sound balancing is terrible. One problem that did arise is that I was listening to this as an audiobook on Audible. In these short stories, we don’t encounter that issue. Too often, there is excess fluff that keeps readers away from the action or plot. To me, these short stories help prove a point I’ve made several times in my reviews of the series: a lot of the novels would make better short stories. Every single story included was well done, with some standouts mixed in to an overall great collection. It’s got tons of great action and certainly seems to loom larger than the short story itself. It’s not as thoughtful as some of the others in the collection, but makes up for it in cool vistas and solid action scenes.Ī surprisingly tight-knit scene is the core of this story, but that scene is set for a clash between Primarchs. A very good read.īig action with Titans is one of my favorite things about the Warhammer universe, and this short story delivers on that. It’s got tons of action and great plotting, as is typical of Abnett. Little Horus leads the Sons of Horus in battle and effectively springs a trap intended for Horus himself. I loved this one for both its action and the tight plotting Thorpe gave it. It’s got enough layers in it to make it interesting throughout, and the ending, which apparently reverberates in larger WH40K lore, was great.Ī huge battle has its tide turned by betrayal. The Thousand Sons are turning into my favorite of the traitor legions, and this short story just solidified that even more. The payoff isn’t as strong as I hoped, but it’s okay. Layers of trust are wiped away in this intriguing short story about a remembrancer telling the Iron Fists about Horus. I liked how this shows the challenges faced by planets that could be torn apart by conflict. A decent read with some good intrigue.Ī seriously action packed novelette about trying to sway a planet’s loyalty towards Horus or the Emperor. Lots of buildup that mostly just shows how planets outside big realms of influence might react to the heresy. The Ultramarines are not nearly as boring as I thought they might be.
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I loved this story that pitted the Ultramarines’ commitment to their Primarch with his own, in person teaching on how to fight a battle. For this review, I’ll write briefly about each individual story before posting an overall impression at the end. Like the others, it delivers a collection of stories that provide background to the various conflicts breaking out along with the occasional character piece. Please DO NOT SPOIL later books in the series.Īge of Darknessis another collection of short stories in the Horus Heresy line. There will be SPOILERS from the books discussed as well as previous books in the series.
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I’m reading the series in publication order unless otherwise noted. With more than 50 novels and many, many short stories, there will be a lot of posts in this series (I doubt I’ll get to all the short stories). I thought it would be awesome to blog the series as I go. I know I’m late to the party, but I finally decided to start reading the “Horus Heresy,” a huge series of novels set in the universe of Warhammer 40,000 (though it is set much earlier than the year 40,000).