Horus Heresy Second book of series (False Gods) by Graham McNeill
The book is a pivotal section of the great Horus heresy series, why? Oh well nothing much, its just where Horus decided to REBEL against the emperor of mankind, nothing much huh! Hahahahah
The subtitle 'The heresy takes root' is very apt and it does justice to the whole tome. McNeill had woven an easy tale of majestic but flawed warriors, couple it with the always present 'remembrancers', people whose only purpose is to record by pictures or recorded words all the exploits of the Astartes, even though such things ultimately lead to their horrible fates. I guess being too close to such warmachines as the Astartes didn't give them too much clue as to the dangers. Have you seen a rabbit or a goat befriending a lion or a wolf lately? Hahahahaha
In the story, Horus was actively leading his men, when he came face to face against a monster weilding a deadly weapon capable of actually wounding/killing a primarch! Hmnn let us dwell on that a bit longer, an Astartes is already a formidable foe, capable of great strength and killing power,imagine a primarch which has say the power of ten Astartes or more!
Well the weapon did wound Horus terribly,forcing his warriors to take drastic measures, which inevitably means using warp energies to try and heal him. This and some of their own ambhition welcomed corruption in their midst and broke open well established protocols and Imperial laws, far too much is at stake in Horus mind that we is willing to fight other primarchs to prove he is right.
I'd say this book is easily 4 stormbolts.
The subtitle 'The heresy takes root' is very apt and it does justice to the whole tome. McNeill had woven an easy tale of majestic but flawed warriors, couple it with the always present 'remembrancers', people whose only purpose is to record by pictures or recorded words all the exploits of the Astartes, even though such things ultimately lead to their horrible fates. I guess being too close to such warmachines as the Astartes didn't give them too much clue as to the dangers. Have you seen a rabbit or a goat befriending a lion or a wolf lately? Hahahahaha
In the story, Horus was actively leading his men, when he came face to face against a monster weilding a deadly weapon capable of actually wounding/killing a primarch! Hmnn let us dwell on that a bit longer, an Astartes is already a formidable foe, capable of great strength and killing power,imagine a primarch which has say the power of ten Astartes or more!
Well the weapon did wound Horus terribly,forcing his warriors to take drastic measures, which inevitably means using warp energies to try and heal him. This and some of their own ambhition welcomed corruption in their midst and broke open well established protocols and Imperial laws, far too much is at stake in Horus mind that we is willing to fight other primarchs to prove he is right.
I'd say this book is easily 4 stormbolts.
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