PatentedGraph53 reviewed Nightbringer by Graham McNeill
Ultramarines: Nightbringer review
3 stars
Going into a book about the most overdone chapter of space marines out there, I wasn’t expecting to have a good time. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the book. While it certainly isn't a masterpiece, it’s quite a decent novel.
Despite the novel being an Ultramarines novel, I actually feel like Uriel isn’t that pivotal of a character. Most of the plot revolves around a group of cartel leaders and their political machinations to control their planet. Meanwhile, the Ultramarines are investigating raids on the other side of the system, which is interesting enough. Unfortunately, the nocel does sometimes stretch into the expected generic Ultramarines tropes, ‘courage and honour!’, ‘for the primarch!’, etc etc are half of their dialogue whenever they are in battle or not actively investigating something.
Other things, such as the depiction of the Imperial bureaucracy as incompetent due to infighting is always nice. The Dark …
Going into a book about the most overdone chapter of space marines out there, I wasn’t expecting to have a good time. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the book. While it certainly isn't a masterpiece, it’s quite a decent novel.
Despite the novel being an Ultramarines novel, I actually feel like Uriel isn’t that pivotal of a character. Most of the plot revolves around a group of cartel leaders and their political machinations to control their planet. Meanwhile, the Ultramarines are investigating raids on the other side of the system, which is interesting enough. Unfortunately, the nocel does sometimes stretch into the expected generic Ultramarines tropes, ‘courage and honour!’, ‘for the primarch!’, etc etc are half of their dialogue whenever they are in battle or not actively investigating something.
Other things, such as the depiction of the Imperial bureaucracy as incompetent due to infighting is always nice. The Dark Eldar torture scenes were pretty well written. Despite the title of the book, the Nightbringer and Necrons only really show up in the last two chapters of the book, but I suppose they serve their purpose.
Overall, pretty decent book. Not much to write home about, but enjoyable enough.
