Saturnine

Yes!

1. Abnett is really a cut above most BL writers. He has this knack for capturing the utter ridiculous banality of the Imperium even when the humans are battling the worst evils imaginable.

2. Stuff happens! More is brought to a head (Little Horus) and greater depth is added to the lore (Primarch creation) than the last 30 or so HH books put together. The shame of it is that the entire HH line could have been this good if the main line books followed a similar packed narrative rather than going on interminably about Calth and so on.

3. Everyone's swearing now. Is this new? Did I miss something where BL relaxed on the kid friendly dialogue accompanying genocidal violence? Even Dorn swears now. It's great!