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Horus Rising (Horus Heresy)
by: Dan Abnett

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781844162949
ISBN: 184416294X
Label: Black Library
Manufacturer: Black Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: April 20, 2006
Publisher: Black Library
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Studio: Black Library
Sales Rank: 4526

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Meat on some old bones
I have done it all with warhammer 40,000. I started with the old epic game, moved on to 3rd edition of the table-top 40k, even worked part time in a GW shop when i was at college. The thing that captivated me, made me sell my soul, was the rich background 'lore'. At least i thought so until this book hit me and sucked me in so much deeper! The horus heresy has always been a great tale, but to read about the time leading up to it in such detail like this really blew me away. The book its self is very well written, i had read the Gaunts Ghosts books before, so i knew the author wouldn't dissappoint. This book deserves to be read more widely and shouldnt be written off as a sci-fi section geek read.
I have gone on and read all the books ... Read More:

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- top-notch sci-fi
Dan Abnett really does a suberb job in kicking off this series. Very high quality writing and lush battlefield descriptions made this a pageturner for me. It's just genuine good sci-fi, plain and simple, you'll love it you're not afraid of some gore and a future in total despair.

Note, I'm not a Warhammer 40K player and didn't know much, if anything, about the Warhammer universe prior to reading this.

Rating:

- Surprisingly good read
Up to now, my only exposure to the Warhammer 40,000 series has been via science fiction bookstores and games shops where you can purchase the miniatures. I had dismissed novels like this as pulp fiction. I'm glad to say that I was wrong.

This book, the first in the Horus Heresy series, is set prior to the universe portrayed in the Warhammer 40k universe and the series promises fans the chance to learn the history behind the game. The book tells us how the Emperor of Man has retired from everyday life for a chance to persue his studies, and appoints Horus to act as Warmaster in his stead. The Imperium of Man is on a crusade throughout the universe, destroying cultures, alien and human alike, that refuse to accept their teachings. ... Read More:

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- Please read this review if you aren't a W40K addict
The problem with reader reviews on Amazon is almost every book ends up being a 4 or 5 star must read because the fans write the reviews. This doesn't tell you how the book really compares to other works. Let's face it we all know that most books produced are not 5 star masterpeices of art. So let me try and add some balance.

The writing is good and it is at times thought provoking, there is more here than blood and thunder. However the biggest flaw is the story telling. I got sucked into this series apparently without end so I am hoping you may be forewarned unlike me.

This is a first of a trilogy which by the end sets up the Horus Heresy. 3 books to get to the start of the story. Now what happens is interesting but ... Read More:

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- Mediocre genre writing
Looking at this from the point of view of someone who doesn't normally read commissioned genre books, I thought I'd give the Horus series a go since it seemed to get good reviews. Horus Rising is by no means terrible, but it utterly lacks in story telling or character. The author is a practitioner of writing in a professional sense but doesn't seem fully vested within it.

Vaugely familiar with Warhammer 40K I can only imagine how a true fan would approach this with every single paragraph essentially just ramming home the same tired themes. I grew tired of it quickly and longed for something else. The greatest crime, however, is the almost complete lack of story. This meanders gently, using up word after word, page after page telling ... Read More:

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