Horus Rising - Dan Abnett
Jun 29th, 2008 by George
I recently read Horus Rising , a book by Dan Abnett. It is the first in the series that I am reading, which follows the Horus Heresy, a civil war that almost tore the Warhammer 40,000 universe apart. The novel is part of a series, in which Horus, the newly appointed Warmaster, rebels against his father, the Emperor. I’ve only read the first book so far, but the rest look to be as good as this one was.
The book itself was excellent, Dan Abnett really is as good as people say he is (not that I ever thought he wasn’t) - the book manages to be funny, dark and very clever, while making all three seem effortless. He manages to make a faceless army of hundreds of thousands seem real, giving an insight into their lives and feelings.
We are guided through the novel by Captain Loken, the captain of an Astartes company. Astartes are demi-god like characters in war armour, and Abnett does an amazing job of portraying them in the book, even for people like me who don’t know a single thing about them (I’m not really a massive warhammer follower, I just bought the book because it was there).
I think this is an amazing book, and one that others even vaguely interested in Warhammer should probably read, as it details the start of an event that shaped the Warhammer we know now.
Info
Pages: 416
Publisher: Black Library
ISBN-10: 184416294X
ISBN-13: 978-1844162949
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