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#Horus heresy book 3 series
I look forward to diving into the next book in the massive series soon! Galaxy in Flames is another fascinating entry in what is already turning out to be a great series. That’s not to knock the 40K fiction I’ve read, which is mostly awesome–what I’m saying is that having characters struggle with what Chaos is and how it could be used or abused is a good way to bring interest to something that is mostly black and white in the farther future. I also think the questions about Chaos make it seem more dynamic than it is in 40K. Like the build up of the cult of the Emperor is fascinating, because it’s taken as such a given in the 40k part of the universe. I think what has really made these books enjoyable, though, is the nods to my background knowledge of other lore and fiction I have read in the universe. I have always enjoyed Warhammer fiction about Titans, and this brought some new dynamics I haven’t read before. There was one scene in particular that I enjoyed, and that was the showdown in the Titan as different players joined either loyalist or traitor sides, then fought inside the titan. However, the main players are of interest, and the action is spot-on as it has been in every Counter book I have read. Counter does a good job bringing characterization to many of the players, though at times it moves swiftly past these minor characters so the reader doesn’t get a good sense of some of them. It is here that the traitor factions begin to attack and kill those loyal to the Emperor. Galaxy in Flames is surely a pivotal moment in the whole saga, as it shows that the heresy has now taken action.
So I had high hopes for this book, and I was not disappointed.
Those books were some of the most metal science fiction I’ve ever read. Please DO NOT SPOIL later books in the series.īen Counter wrote some of my favorite WH40K fiction, and I know that some people who are really into the lore don’t like them, but that would be the Grey Knights series. There will be SPOILERS from the books discussed as well as previous books in the series. 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).
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