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In a weird way the books came across as more hard hitting than some of the video games that have been released, like Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior or early Warhammer 40k PC games.

The action was a lot more hectic. The characters were more realistic. There also happened to be a lot more honesty in the books than in early Warhammer games and Fire Warrior. Through the development of the story you’re witnessing the history that is merely mentioned in the games. You are seeing the heroes and villains of the galactic civil war that grew from Warmaster Horus’s decision to betray the God-Emperor.

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Title: The Horus Heresy: Battle for the Abyss
Author: Ben Counter
Publisher: The Black Library
Release Date: September 2008
Price: $7.99
Rating: One thumb up and one thumb sideways, 80/100, B-, *** out of five.
Pros: It’s the first book that all events happen after Horus’s betrayal of the Imperium so it’s all new. The story never stops moving. The feel of the book is incredibly faithful to the feel of Dawn of War and Dark Heresy.
Cons: Character development could be done better. It could also take more time to develop the events more.
Overall: This book in a way is lackluster but it’s still pretty good and a lot of fun to read.

Battle for the Abyss in a way is an incredible installment of The Horus Heresy series. In other ways it could have been so much better.

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Title: The Horus Heresy: Legion
Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: The Black Library
Release Date: April 2008
Price: $7.99
Rating: Two thumbs up, 90/100, A-, **** out of five.
Pros: Dan Abnett returns to the series. Character development and description is incredible. Storyline moves
Cons: Due to the nature of the Legion the book follows, it can get a bit confusing. It also starts off a bit slow.
Overall: Dan Abnett has returned and in some ways improved his game for the series. This is something for anyone who enjoys sci-fi.

With the seventh book of The Horus Heresy, Dan Abnett returned to the series. Abnett upped the ante with Legion.

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Title: The Horus Heresy: Descent of Angels
Author: Mitchel Scanlon
Publisher: The Black Library
Release Date: 2007
Price: $7.99
Rating: Two thumbs sideways, 73/100, C, ** out of five.
Pros: Great character development, exciting when the story isn’t slowed down by itself, gives a completely different view of the events of the Horus Heresy
Cons: The story takes too long to develop.
Overall: It’s a fresh perspective in the series that just didn’t realize its potential.

Even at its lowest point, The Horus Heresy had never put out a truly average installment. That’s what I would be saying if Descent of Angels didn’t fall flat on its face by bringing an entirely new view on the Heresy...

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Title: The Horus Heresy: Fulgrim
Author: Graham McNeill
Publisher: The Black Library
Release Date: 2007
Price: $7.99
Rating: Two thumbs up, 90/100, B+, **** out of five.
Pros: Quick pace, gives more explanation to different events, develops all major characters wonderfully, fixes most of the problems that popped up with False Gods
Cons: Some of the flaws from False Gods only to a lesser extent.
Overall: It starts the latter half of the series so far with the same punch that Horus Rising had.

Fulgrim is the fifth book in the Horus Heresy series. It is also the second best book in the sci-fi adaptation of Paradise Lost.

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Title: The Horus Heresy: Galaxy in Flames
Author: Ben Counter
Publisher: The Black Library
Release Date: 2006
Price: $7.99
Rating: Two thumbs up, 90/100, B+, **** out of five.
Pros: Quick pace, gives more explanation to different events, develops all major characters wonderfully, fixes most of the problems that popped up with False Gods
Cons: The pace is occasionally too quick for the level of detail that it has, still has some of the same problem that False Gods had.
Overall: It’s well worth the money, even with the pacing and detail flaws.

Horus Rising and False Gods opened up the story of the Horus Heresy. It followed the formerly honorable Space Marines legion known as the Luna Wolves. Galaxy in Flames follows the quickly fracturing Luna Wolves as some remain true to the Emperor and some remain true to Warmaster Horus.

This is one of the hardest books in the Horus Heresy to read because it’s the most heartbreaking…

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