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When an Astropath has a vision about the end of the heresy, it falls to a group of renegade traitors to get him off Terra.
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Hailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill worked for over six years as a Games Developer in Games Workshop's Design Studio before taking the plunge to become a full-time writer. Graham's written a host of SF and Fantasy novels and comics, as well as a number of side projects that keep him busy and (mostly) out of trouble. His Horus Heresy novel, A Thousand Sons, was a New York Times bestseller and his Time of Legends novel, Empire, won the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award. Graham lives and works in Nottingham and you can keep up to date with where he'll be and what he's working on by visiting his website. Join the ranks of the 4th Company at www.graham-mcneill.com
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who likes the back-story of the Heresy more than the epic Space Marine battles, I really enjoyed this installment of the series.
Astropaths and navigators have appeared throughout WH40k writing without really being developed too much. I remember one appearing in Ian Watson's superb Inquisitor (Warhammer 40, 000) way back in 1993. This book explores and develops the background and abilities of the astropaths a lot more, and the role of a specific one in the unfolding Heresy.
Yes, it doesn't move the overall story forward much (are GW ever going to finish this series?) and maybe lacks some of the frantic action of other episodes, but for me it's an interesting exploration of the human elements of the Heresy and some goings-on on Earth.
Also features some devious Thousand Sons, who for me are the most interesting of the rebel chapters, maybe alongside the Emperor's Children.
Astropaths and navigators have appeared throughout WH40k writing without really being developed too much. I remember one appearing in Ian Watson's superb Inquisitor (Warhammer 40, 000) way back in 1993. This book explores and develops the background and abilities of the astropaths a lot more, and the role of a specific one in the unfolding Heresy.
Yes, it doesn't move the overall story forward much (are GW ever going to finish this series?) and maybe lacks some of the frantic action of other episodes, but for me it's an interesting exploration of the human elements of the Heresy and some goings-on on Earth.
Also features some devious Thousand Sons, who for me are the most interesting of the rebel chapters, maybe alongside the Emperor's Children.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hello!
Welcome to yet another JBP review :-)
The Outcast Dead - by Graham McNeill - is one of those books that will leave most either hating it or loving it. I am more on the "loving it" band wagon. If you expect great epic battles, you will be disappointed. If you expect the Horus Heresy timeline to be moved forward, you will be disappointed. If you expect a read that will flesh out the workings of the Imperium, and get a look behind the curtain, then, well, you will not be disappointed.
When the "shell shocked" astropath Kai Zulane is returned to Terra after a horrible accident in order for him to get a 40k version of R&R, events happening around force a "terrible" secret into his unwilling head, and he finds himself hunted by the Imperium he is meant to serve and herded by an unlikely band of Space Marines, who's legions have turned traitor whilst they were serving as honour guards of sorts on Terra.
This book contains the shadowy Navigator Houses, astropaths, Adeptus Custodes, A Thousand Son adept, World Eaters, a rock-hard Death Guard, a Luna Wolf and an Emperor's Children marine. Most of the characterizations are well done, and the Thousand Son is very well fleshed out, with motives and a raīson d'etre - unfortunately, the rest of his band are not quite so well done and in my opinion lack a real reason for being there.
There are scenes which are very well done, and which give great insight into the characters motives - such as the Hunter, who is now on my top 10 list of great HH (non-marine) characters - but also scenes which are there for no discernable reason - such as the Vacant Angel story-line, which I just found annoying and "Deus Ex Machina" in it's implementation. It could have been better done. As for things which could have been done better, there are the repeated show downs between armoured and armed Custodes and unarmed World Eaters, which I found my suspension of disbelief not quite capable of handling. After reading about the prowess of the Custodes in "The First Heretic" by ADB and "A Thousand Sons", it is my opinion that the Custodes would be dealing out far, far more hurt than is the case here.
This book is what a comrade of mine described as a "filler book" - and he is not wrong. It is entertaining (I enjoyed it), but it is not "great" in the Homeric epos kind of way, and does not move the pace of the HH line forward in any discernable manner.
Read it if you have time on your hands, and want to know more about the background universe of the setting...
Regards,
JBP
Welcome to yet another JBP review :-)
The Outcast Dead - by Graham McNeill - is one of those books that will leave most either hating it or loving it. I am more on the "loving it" band wagon. If you expect great epic battles, you will be disappointed. If you expect the Horus Heresy timeline to be moved forward, you will be disappointed. If you expect a read that will flesh out the workings of the Imperium, and get a look behind the curtain, then, well, you will not be disappointed.
When the "shell shocked" astropath Kai Zulane is returned to Terra after a horrible accident in order for him to get a 40k version of R&R, events happening around force a "terrible" secret into his unwilling head, and he finds himself hunted by the Imperium he is meant to serve and herded by an unlikely band of Space Marines, who's legions have turned traitor whilst they were serving as honour guards of sorts on Terra.
This book contains the shadowy Navigator Houses, astropaths, Adeptus Custodes, A Thousand Son adept, World Eaters, a rock-hard Death Guard, a Luna Wolf and an Emperor's Children marine. Most of the characterizations are well done, and the Thousand Son is very well fleshed out, with motives and a raīson d'etre - unfortunately, the rest of his band are not quite so well done and in my opinion lack a real reason for being there.
There are scenes which are very well done, and which give great insight into the characters motives - such as the Hunter, who is now on my top 10 list of great HH (non-marine) characters - but also scenes which are there for no discernable reason - such as the Vacant Angel story-line, which I just found annoying and "Deus Ex Machina" in it's implementation. It could have been better done. As for things which could have been done better, there are the repeated show downs between armoured and armed Custodes and unarmed World Eaters, which I found my suspension of disbelief not quite capable of handling. After reading about the prowess of the Custodes in "The First Heretic" by ADB and "A Thousand Sons", it is my opinion that the Custodes would be dealing out far, far more hurt than is the case here.
This book is what a comrade of mine described as a "filler book" - and he is not wrong. It is entertaining (I enjoyed it), but it is not "great" in the Homeric epos kind of way, and does not move the pace of the HH line forward in any discernable manner.
Read it if you have time on your hands, and want to know more about the background universe of the setting...
Regards,
JBP
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have follwed nearly all the horus heresy books and this one was a refreshing change. The characters are all intresting and was nice to hear a bit about the uniffcation wars before the great crusade. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to fellow heresy readers!
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Wonderfully Written and Incredibly Entertaining BRILLIANT
This really seems to have divided a lot of people's opinions, as do most things of such high quality.
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Published 2 months ago by Mr. S. A. Wake
Moving and amazing
++WARNING, SPOILERS AT BOTTOM OF REVIEW++
So this outing for the Horus Heresy is set entirely on Earth, something of a rarity for a Warhammer book but this in no way... Read more
So this outing for the Horus Heresy is set entirely on Earth, something of a rarity for a Warhammer book but this in no way... Read more
Published 2 months ago by DanP101
Log-Burner Fodder
This is one of the worst Black Library novels I have read, and believe me, there is a lot of competition. How this made it to publishing I'll never know. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Ri Extall
Its not all that bad
I have followed the Horus Heresy all the way through from book one. I read some negative reviews about this particular book so I was a little dubious (mainly because I found... Read more
Published 3 months ago by David Hirst
Pointless addition to the series
*** Potential spoilers- Discussing themes/storylines in the book ***
With a work like the Horus Heresy that has been undertaken they are hamstrung in that the ending is... Read more
With a work like the Horus Heresy that has been undertaken they are hamstrung in that the ending is... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. I. Newton
Worst in the series
I've been following the Horus heresy books for a while, and they go from the truly excellent tomes by Dan Abnett to pretty mediocre fare. Read more
Published 4 months ago by jody harrison
Another awesome non astartes view point book
This is a very interesting addition to the great Horus Heresy series. It follows an anstropath from Terra who has had some very bad experiences of the warp. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. A. B. Roberts
Not the best but not the worst
I thought this book was OK. I have to admit that there do seem to be errors in the timeline but giving black library the benefit of the doubt I wonder if that is just down to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by G. Sargent
Good story, poor production
Well, I did like the story and to be honest I can't see where people have seen a re-write of the HH time line. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Howard
Good so far
Still reading it but as far as i can tell it's better than the last one which was a little bit boring but the the prickle since Prospero Burns is now back
Published 5 months ago by Ralph Reinesch
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