BOOK BLURB:
As news of Horus’s treachery spreads, the Great Crusade grinds to a halt as the primarchs and their Legions decide where their loyalty lies – with the Emperor, or the rebel Warmaster Horus. In this sequel to Descent of Angels, the Dark Angels too face a time of testing, both in the stars, and on their home world, Caliban.
Arriving in the Gehinnom system, Lion El’Jonson and a force of Dark Angels set about subjugating the system’s core worlds which are key to the Warmaster’s plans to overthrow the Emperor.
Meanwhile, on Caliban, Luther and the rest of the Legion feel abandoned by their primarch. Civil war erupts as the planet strives to break from Imperial rule, and the Dark Angels are thrown into a deadly conflict where all that they know and trust is thrown into doubt."
REVIEW:
Fans of the Warhammer 40k World will more than be aware of the darkest part of mankinds history, that of the Horus Heresy where brother turned against brother and the bright Empire took a devastating hit from which its still recovering. Famed for many years as the cataclysmic event to end all others its only been in recent years that the Black Library has sought to release tales from the time period to enthral the readers with something new as well as previously unseen within the genre.
Following on from Descent of Angels (although set 50 years later), this tale allows the reader to glimpse how some of the Emperors chosen son’s fell to the dark path of Chaos thought the use of masterful storytelling. Explaining the characters fates in such a way that its never clear cut who will fully convert to the raw stuff of Dark Gods and who will triumph to aid the Emperor in his time of need as both roles appear to be pretty interchangeable. Well written, great outline and a part of the heresy that will live on long in the readers imagination. A great offering from Mike Lee
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