It isn't for lack of a desire to 'be' a good author as it were, and you can very much see the metaphorical sweat on his writer's brow. His work has shown gradual improvement over the years (I've read them all), but he just struggles ona technical level to write a good character or an interesting plot. Stylistically speaking, Nick Kyme is one of the worse authors. He read nothing about the background, and just went to town with gross exaggerations and poor writing for a paycheck. Speaking from a lore perspective, Goto is generally considered the worst. You have to look at it more on the basis of the individual authors and their collective work. You'll see a lot of people going 'eurgh, I didn't like X because it didn't fit with my view of Y' (be it the Inquisition War, Horus Heresy, or whatever) but that's usually a matter of personal taste. I liked the first Soul Drinkers book, but I never finished the Omnibus. I think it was a risky choice to focus the action so far away from the the frontline of the Heresy and it really paid off. It took me a long time to get into the Outcast Dead - up until I was three-quarters of the way through I was pretty certain I wasn't going to finish it - but it is absolutely one of my favorites now. I remember thinking that Battle for the Abyss was pretty good, but I felt kind of gotten that it ended up being completely unconnected to any other story happening during the Horus Heresy. I'm trying hard to think of any books that I did not enjoy - I still got something out of the three books above. I don't think I'm in the minority in saying that I am interested in how the plot for 40k has progressed (especially given that it happened while I was taking my 7-year hobby sabbatical), but am not entirely satisfied with how that plot progression has been depicted in the literature so far. Also was not happy with the anti-Chaos slandering - promises of "false-immortality" are hardly false when they are in fact, immortal, no? And some people find tentacles to be very becoming, by the way. It showcased the different Primaris units available for purchase and the specialties of each in a way that felt very forced. I enjoyed Dark Imperium, and found it to be basically well-written, but it felt more than any other 40k book I've read like sponsored content. I think the first one is probably the weakest of the series.
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but I was frustrated that the lore was presented in such an (in my opinion) unsatisfying series of books. The novels made me appreciate the conflicting layers of loyalty to the Chapter, to the Imperium, to the Inner Circle, etc. I had previously dismissed them as Nothing But Angst (which, in retrospect, I think comes from them being the popular choice among my friends when we all started playing around 13 years ~ "Space Marines are cool, feelings are confusing!"). To the point about the Dark Angels books, I would agree that they were not the strongest of the HH series, but I do give them credit for making me appreciate the Dark Angels more.
So this book is readable but what should be the climax is very disappointing.
They miss obvious hints that some of their charges cannot be trusted.
They defend a vital gate with only 3 men armed with short ranged flamers rather than heavy bolters. They send away most of their force and all of their air support. After spending most of the book praising the Imperial Fists for their skill at siege warfare he has them make several foolish choices. The potentially interesting subplot of their continuing hatred towards one another is referred to but never amounts to anything.Īs for the climactic battle, Chris Roberson simply fails to create a compelling scene. There's a desperate battle against hopeless odds where despite foolish tactics the marines prevail. The marines are cruel and unfeeling, unworthy recruits are disposable.īut once our 3 heroes become marine scouts (the lowest rank) things become dull and predictable. In the trials that follow the recruits are whittled down from thousands to just a few dozen. The Imperial Fist Space Marine chapter descends upon their world and literally pulls them off the battlefield as potential recruits. It starts strong introducing 3 mortal enemies from 3 different cultures. The result is a strong start but then a very predictable story. Sons of Dorn tries to breath some life into marines by following three initiates as they are grabbed off their primitive world and molded into Space Marines. This makes them great for wargames but hard to write in novels since there's little to tell them apart. In the Warhammer 40k universe Space Marines are superhuman warriors fanatically loyal to the Emperor.
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