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Shadows Of Treachery. Edited By Christian Dunn And Nick Kyme (2012)

by Christian Dunn(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1849703469 (ISBN13: 9781849703468)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Black Library

series

The Horus Heresy

review 1: Another Horus Heresy anthology. Honestly, when I came to this book I was a bit concerned that I would have to slog through a bunch of stories that really wouldn't interest me. Sure, previous anthologies in this series have had their good stories, but all in all most have been just average, and I expected as much from this collection.'The Crimson Fist' was the first story in this collection, and arguably the one I had the hardest time slogging through. Much like the Imperial Fists themselves, this story was a test of endurance and stubborn drive to finish. There were points in it where I admit, the action, the betrayal, it was interesting to read. However, the over arching plot wasn't enough to keep my attention through the sheer size of this novella and the amount of chara... morecter POV and first/third POV switches that were contained within. Almost half the collection in length, this is the longest story in the collection and a hard one to get through.The rest of this anthology collect together some of the previously published Heresy stories (Lightning Tower & The Kaban Project to name two) as well as some other stories. The later stories, with the exception of 'Death of a Silversmith' circle around the Night Lord legion and their Primarch, dealing with their conflict with Rogal Dorn and the effects afterwards, as well as the after effects with their clash with the Dark Angels. (from a previous anthology)The later stories are all handled well, each giving out just a little more of the history and conflict of the Horus Heresy, as well as bringing to light some of the Emperor's own flaws when he created his children and their eventual turn on him. The Night Lord's reasons for turning on the Imperium is handled well, and in the long run makes sense, especially when placed alongside their Primarch. No longer does it become the legion's fault for their turn, but rather a flaw in their Primarch's teaching of fear used for control.It's an interesting collection of stories, written by some of the better writers in the Horus Heresy and wider 40k novel series. Along the other books in the series, this collection is one of the stronger books and well worth the read. (more so if you are a Night Lords fan and want more details about their chapter/flaws/etc.) If you are reading the Horus Heresy series, you will already be picking this book up. If you are reading it as a one off book, you should be able to do so without knowing too much of the Heresy's history itself. (which you will probably already know parts of if you are a 40k fan.)All in all, it's a good anthology and well worth the read.
review 2: This was a pretty blah collection of short stories if I'm honest; I think the novelty of this series may be wearing a bit thin for me; but it gets that fourth star for the closing novella which, while by no means a classsic itself, did have a lead character whose POV I thoroughly enjoyed reading and as anyone who has read a lot of these books will attest, strongly defined characters are not to be sneezed at. less

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