Horus Rising
2006 • 412 pages

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Average rating3.9

15

Simply brilliant writing. This was my first official step into the 40k universe making the leap from YouTube lore videos. The Horus Heresy was always the most interesting (for the lore that could be developed) and so I gave the first book a go.

While I have heard good things I did not expect a level of writing that would knock nearly everything I've read away. Dan Abnett has a masterful command of prose and coupled with the oh-so-fun sci-fi fantasy playground that is the 40K universe he leads you through a brilliantly told tale.

The culture of the different legions is fascinating. Subtle hints at the future of the series are always fun as well as observing and learning new things about the universe along with the characters.

Sadly I had a sci-fi series idea that touched on many of these same topics. Even worse a portion of this book was nearly an exact idea I had for perhaps the third in my series. It is always odd to read a story that is so similar to the one floating around in your head.

I will continue the series but am a bit worried about the future prices of some of these books. It seems they go out of print and then get jacked up to hundreds of dollars. I refuse to read the digital copies.

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