Sarja reviewed Buried Dagger by James Swallow (The Horus Heresy, #54)
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3 stars
I will admit it right away: I've been reading like 10 WH40k novels from the Horus Heresy straight up and down and while I have enjoyed them immensely, sometimes they are subpar. Upon starting on this book, what I wanted was the story of Mortarion's fall from grace and, yes, I did skip basically the whole Garro/Loken/Malcador-plotline. I read some of it, but far from everything.
As often is the case with Swallow, I was not disappointed. He did a splendid job with the Mortarion plotline and frankly I liked the fall of the Death Guard more than that of the Emperor's Children. I love to hate Typhus. What a piece of shit. I want to kick his ass. Only gripe I have is that I'd want more of a punch to the climax of Mortarion's fall. It's good, but not as grand as it could have been.
I think …
I will admit it right away: I've been reading like 10 WH40k novels from the Horus Heresy straight up and down and while I have enjoyed them immensely, sometimes they are subpar. Upon starting on this book, what I wanted was the story of Mortarion's fall from grace and, yes, I did skip basically the whole Garro/Loken/Malcador-plotline. I read some of it, but far from everything.
As often is the case with Swallow, I was not disappointed. He did a splendid job with the Mortarion plotline and frankly I liked the fall of the Death Guard more than that of the Emperor's Children. I love to hate Typhus. What a piece of shit. I want to kick his ass. Only gripe I have is that I'd want more of a punch to the climax of Mortarion's fall. It's good, but not as grand as it could have been.
I think James Swallow did a good job with this book. It's a solid 3.
