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Fulgrim by Graham McNeill

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Similar to The Flight of the Eisenstein, which came before, Fulgrim begins some way before the preceding novels ended, around the time of False Gods I believe, this time exploring the build-up to the Heresy from the perspective of the Emperor's Children.

This book achieved a number of spectacular feats:

1) it gave me just a smidgeon of sympathy for Lord Commander Eidolon
2) those rather silly sonic weapons now seem perfectly sensible
3) the Emperor's Children are now number one in my Chapter's I'd Like To See Given A Bloody Nose Somewhere Down The Line list
4) I almost cried for Fulgrim's final moment of realisation and inevitable fall

There are a number of important characters here, some returning, some new, and the same focus on the Remembrancer order as in previous entries, but the job Graham does in making a full rounded and, in the end, utterly tragic being out of Fulgrim is what will make this novel linger in my mind. I can almost forgive him the fate of my favourite Primarch. Almost. How can I still be angry with him after that...?






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