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.
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Hailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in Surveying to join Games Workshop, where he worked for six years as a games developer. As well as seven novels, Graham has written a host of sf and fantasy short stories. He lives in Nottingham, UK.
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Hailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in Surveyinh to join Games Workshop, where he worked for six years as a games developer. In addition to many novels, including False Gods, Fulgrim and Mechanicum for the prestigious Hoeus Hersey series, Graham has written a host of sf and fantasy short stories. He lives in Nottingham, UK.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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The Seduction of Chaos,
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The Horus Heresy continues and in Fulgrim we are given an excellent look at the seductive and ultimately destructive power of chaos. Hitherto, the reader has been given a vision of the Astartes as embodying the most perfect attributes of humanity. Much of this novel focuses on the pursuit of perfection both among the human artisans, remembrancers and of course the Astartes themselves. We watch as the central players follow their individual paths to perfection and ultimately to personal ruin.Ostian the sculptor, Serena the painter and of course Fulgrim the most perfect of Astartes seek to achieve a level of perfection, which is of course completely unattainable. Ahhh...but wait...enter the seeds of chaos and the whispers of true perfection. The key to chaos' infiltration is the Battle against the Laer which culminates in the final battle within the Laer Temple. It's other worldly music infects all that come into contact with it. McNeill does a terrific job of painting the chaos that inexorably infects, and finally overwhelms all those on Fulgrim's ship. The scenes described during the Maraviglia are unlike anything I have ever read. The Maraviglia depicts in microcoysm the truth of what will become the Horus Heresy. While the story does not end with the Maraviglia, everything that follows after seems anti-climatic. By the end of the Maraviglia we know that Chaos has achieved its victory over Fulgrim. Not wanting to spoil it, I will simply say that Fulgrim's fate is truly frightening and foreshadows Horus' future. So grab a copy of this outstanding novel and stick close to the likes of Saul Tarvitz and Gabriel Santor less the sweet, chaos laden chorus of the Laer deliver you into Chaos. The Emperor protects.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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A very good tale of Fulgrim's fall but could've been longer,
By A. Sandoc "sussarakhen" (San Pablo, California United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Fulgrim (The Horus Heresy) (Mass Market Paperback)
The novel Fulgrim marks the 5th entry in the current Horus Heresy novels from Games Workshop's Black Library. It details the seduction and fall from the Emperor's grace of one of his Primarch sons. Graham McNeill, who has written one other Heresy book, returns to pen this tale of the Emperor's Children and their leader.While I agree with the other reviewers in that parts of Fulgrim felt rushed or underdeveloped all in all Graham McNeill did a very good job in telling how one of the Primarchs gradually became seduced by the lure of Chaos. Fulgrim had always been one of the more interesting Primarchs in the Warhammer 40K pantheon in that his fall from grace was even more dramatic than that of Horus' own fall. McNeill did a great job in giving life to the character and personality of the Emperor's Children Legion. Their strive to be perfect in all things was their strenght and the battle against the Laer showed it, but it also showed how it was also their weakness and would lead to their inevitable fall from grace. Fulgrim was a very quick read and in that McNeill did seem to rush certain subplots and characterizations. I disagree that the subplots involving the remembrancers were superflous. They were a necessary thread in how the Fulgrim and his legion were seen as not just superhuman warriors, but as patrons of the arts as well. But like all things when people strove for perfection it also leads to overindulgence and their love of the arts opened the legion and their Primarch Fulgrim into embracing hedonism as the way to perfection. I do think the novel could've benefited from another hundred or so pages if just to bring more life to Fulgrim's brother Primarch Ferrus Mannus and his Iron Hands Legion. Ferrus Mannus and his no-nonsense Iron Hands made for a great counterpoint to Fulgrim and his Children, but with so many subplots going on in the book McNeill seem to have rushed and shortchanged the Iron Hands and their leader. Maybe they will get their own book (rumor has it that the Horus Heresy series will touch upon all the 18 known Legions and their Primarchs) down the line. The final act of the book deals with the Battle of Istvaan V and McNeill has a way in describing the chaos and brutality of the battle between Astartes. The battle unfolded just exactly as described in brief in the Horus Heresy artbooks even down to the intervention of a behind-the-scenes manipulator which finally makes Fulgrim's fall complete. This last act alone could've taken up a whole novel all on its own and with some of the novels intersecting in certain events of the Heresy the battle may just get more detail in later books. In the end, Fulgrim was not a perfect book from McNeill but it was still a very good entry to the Horus Heresy series. In fact, I would say that this book was better in showing how Chaos can seduce and turn one of the Emperor's own sons against him than how Horus himself was turned. While Horus was manipulated by outsiders, Fulgrim still had a chance to reject the lure of Chaos but had little will to do so. I can't wait for the next book in the series which will deal with my favorite legion and Primarch: Lion El'Jonson and his Dark Angels Legion.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally! The Istvaan V Drop Site Massacres,
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This review is from: Fulgrim (The Horus Heresy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Unlike some of the other reviews for this book, I thought it was fantastic. Seriously, if you don't want to read about dark and horrible goings on in the 31st Millennium, then why are you reading this series. We all know the way it goes, so why are people surprised when they read a book about a legion that falls to chaos, and find that the story is dark, sinister and violent. If you want something about the loyalist legions, Black library has produced a huge number of books to satisfy you.Being a World Eater fan, I love the series so far. We could do with a bit more of Angron, but I'm sure we'll see this crazy blood soaked legion get their debut in one of the future heresy novels. In fact, I found this book so good, it even nearly swayed me into starting to collect an Emperors Children army. Thank Khorne for that smack up the side of the head. Spoiler Alert My only problem with this story is the way that Fulgrim gets possessed at the end. I thought that Fulgrim was one of the primarchs who actually made it to daemonhood? If he is "possessed", he isn't going to ascend, is he? We'll have to wait and find out. Also, the sheer scale of the violence of the Drop Site Massacres was mind blowing. We all knew it was going to "go off." But this is crazy. I expected it at the end of Galaxy in Flames, but alas, it was not to be. Keep up the good work, Black Library. It feels to me that the 31st Millennium is even more brutal and violent that the 41st. I love it! These guys are the REAL space marines. Not the watered down ones that exist in 40,000. And you gotta love their fascism, even the loyalists: "You either join the Imperium, or you suffer the wrath of the Space Marines!" No wonder half the legions fell to Chaos!
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