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Pages: 408
Reading Time: July 2022 (7 days)
Rating: 7 Stars
Well, this was very interesting try...
I was going on vacations for 7 days so I brought this so I could read one or two stories per day while reading all other novels at the same time.
Graham McNeill - Skull Harvest - 5/5 - Connects with Iron Warrior Series he has written.
This tale - don't know what it has to do with Heroes of Space Marines since it focus solely on chaos space marines and how they get more warriors under their belt. This is my first foray into Honsou but I sure love it. Oh there is the inclusion of Huron BlackHeart the Tyrant and it was interesting to see that every chaos space marines present on that reunion bow to him. IT felt strange but at the same intriguing.
Chris Roberson - Gauntlet Run- 2/5 - Connects with Sons of Dorn novel
Since I have not read the novel I don't know if this is set before or after... This is basically scouts from Imperial Fists trying to hunt orks. The least appealing story to me - but what do I know after all a follow up book was written afterwards
Gav Thorpe - Renegades - 3/5 It's avenging sons story - to my knowledge doesn't connect to any previous publish tale.
So they are helping a imperial world but things are not going their way. Decisions that must be made and well - Heroes as in the name of the book says are not present here. Well some are not. IT was a interesting fall from grace story.
Dylan Owen - Honour Among Fiends 3/5 - Black Legion vs Imperial Fists - Doesn't connect with anything
So a Black Legion's Scaevolla has a grudge against the imperial fists and so he hunts and kills them. As new space marines are "recruited" using previous progenoid gland he then goes hunting again. It's like a game... It was a interesting story.
Nick Kyme - Fires of War 2/5 - It's a prequel; connected with the Salamanders series.
I don't know much about Salamanders and I couldn't connect with this tale because I didn't understand that much about them.. It's okish short story.
Richard Ford - Labyrinth 4/5 - Sons of Malice story. Doesn't connect with anything else
Predictable ending? Well ... no. Basically the sons of malice from time to time (100 years) go to a place where any of their marines can try making a trial to be closer to Malice. Although the adversities where cool I really enjoy the ending since I predicted what was going to happen and then the author throws a curve ball.
Steve Parker - Headhunted 3/5 - Deathwatch short story. It's publish in at least two more novels - damn. I don't know the interesting on this tale to be publish on three anthologies. It's a team of Deathwatch (as you probably know,they are taken from different chapters with different beliefs trying to work together. It's a OK.
Darren Cox - And they shall know No Fear - 5/5 Black Templars
This is not connected to anything else but it was a interesting tale.
VERY good story and Helbrecht appears on the last page. Nice addition... even him started small.
Peter Fehervari - Nightfall - 4/5 It's the first publish story on his magnus opus. IT can be read individually.
Night Lords - how they recruit new recruiters? Well read the story. It's very cool, very short.
Aaron Dembski-Bowden - One Hate -4/5 It connects with Crimson Fists novel he publish on the Space Marines Battle series
This is very straightforward tale on crimson fists helping imperial guard while on their own mission. Very cool and I understand why Bowden is so much love overall. Eagearly to read something more from him.
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