By: Graham McNeill Publisher: Games Workshop Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Games Workshop Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 512 Publication Date: July 31, 2007
Product Description: It is the 31st millennium, and humanity is at the peak of its powers. As the Great Crusade, led by Warmaster Horus, continues to conquer the galaxy, Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's Children, leads his warriors into battle against a vile alien foe. From the blood of this campaign are sown the seeds that will lead this proud Legion to treachery, taking them down the darkest of paths of corruption. Leading up to the carnage of the Dropsite Massacre on Isstvan V, this is the tale of Fulgrim's tragic fall from grace.
Fall,pervertion,chaos...Not bad at all Do not get me wrong, personaly I think that this book deserves all 5 stars, but only in the context with other books of Horus heresy series.Actually, it's hard to understand the whole grand plot, if you are not familiar with previous books and the WH40K itself.So for an ordinary reader this is a good piece of science fiction and 4 stars as followed.Fortunatly, I am a fan of the Heresey series and i fully understand what's going on. McNeil made a good job of describing the fall of the great and proud legion and their glorious leader, the perfect warrior Fulgrim.What is important, that author made an effort on desribing the actual change, the torments of soul, madness of a great demi-god, son of the Emperor. We actually can observe how he has become a perverted freak along with his loyal warriors.It's very amusing to see once proud warriors becoming really perverted freaks.From all that I have read in the series, this book really delivers the best atmosphere of the fall, the stench of chaos. Emperors children stink of it even more than Horus and other traitors. So, as an addon to the whole picture of the great treachery, this book is great.But it also quite good as an ordinary WH40k novel and a nice fiction to read.It's not irritatingly smart and quite amusing.(sorry for my grammar,english isn't my native)
A good, but maybe flawed book... When I mention that this book is flawed I mean to say that it has few weaknesses, but many strengths. One flaw is the length of the book. It is easily 100 pages or so to short. The Dropsite Massacre on Isstvaan V, and Fulgrim's fall from grace, could easily have taken another 25 or 50 pages. The characterizations while done in fine fashion could have only benefitted from a longer book and finally the Iron Hands and Ferrus Mannus could have used more development as well.
On the other hand, the slow descent into corruption is well detailed and written by an author who clearly enjoys his subject matter. The final battle is a vital and gruesome record of the cost of superhuman warriors making war upon one another.
All together a fine, if to short, read.
A major disappointment I was really let down by this book, after really enjoying the first 4 books in the HH series. Half way through the novel, I actually logged on to Amazon to see if anyone else felt the same way. Things picked up quite a bit in the second half to the point where I would still recommend 'Fulgrim', but the over-the-top dialogue, constantly recycled phrases and poor pacing make this the worst of the first 5 books by far. And as another reviewer mentioned, McNeill really needs to tone down the amount of 'punching the air' that his characters are doing. It almost seemed like the author rushed the manuscript out to the publisher without going back and refining his story...And as the reviewer hit the 'submit' button, he punched the air in excitement....
This is a keeper... This book does a great job of enlightening us on the nature of "Chaos". I thought that it showed how easily one might find themselves past the point of no return when exploring extreme self indulgence of any kind. There is a gothic carnival atmosphere that goes to the extreme. I'd say more, but I don't want to say too much! I hope the story continues. A must read for any Heresy series fan. The book goes to depths I didn't expect. Its much more than an "airplane" read.
Fulgrim I really enjoyed this book. It continues the Horus Heresy series and develops the back story of Fulgrim and the Emperor's Children. This book is very well written and draws you into the fall of Fulgrim to treachery and corruption. Graham McNeil does a great job at weaving the Emperor's Children story lines from the previous novels into this one. He has a lot of action and very vivid scenes. This is a very good book. I am looking forward to the next chapter in the Horus Heresy series.
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