Fulgrim: The Horus Heresy, Book 5

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These Horus Heresy novels are real page turners. Horrific, tragic and heartbreaking while rendering the reader unable to look away. Highly recommended for mature readers only.

Duplicated descriptions making some parts unnecessarily long, and lack of exciting details in battles, only similar grand descriptions. Other than those, it’s a good story connecting Fulgrim, Ostian, Iron Hand and Heresy well

The description of war and a legion falling to chaos brings the first four books together to an epic battle.

The Horus Heresy continues and in Fulgrim we are given an excellent look at the seductive and ultimately destructive power of chaos. Hitherto, the reader has been given a vision of the Astartes as embodying the most perfect attributes of humanity. Much of this novel focuses on the pursuit of perfection both among the human artisans, remembrancers and of course the Astartes themselves. We watch as the central players follow their individual paths to perfection and ultimately to personal ruin.Ostian the sculptor, Serena the painter and of course Fulgrim the most perfect of Astartes seek to achieve a level of perfection, which is of course completely unattainable. Ahhh...but wait...enter the seeds of chaos and the whispers of true perfection.The key to chaos' infiltration is the Battle against the Laer which culminates in the final battle within the Laer Temple. It's other worldly music infects all that come into contact with it.McNeill does a terrific job of painting the chaos that inexorably infects, and finally overwhelms all those on Fulgrim's ship. The scenes described during the Maraviglia are unlike anything I have ever read. The Maraviglia depicts in microcoysm the truth of what will become the Horus Heresy. While the story does not end with the Maraviglia, everything that follows after seems anti-climatic. By the end of the Maraviglia we know that Chaos has achieved its victory over Fulgrim.Not wanting to spoil it, I will simply say that Fulgrim's fate is truly frightening and foreshadows Horus' future.So grab a copy of this outstanding novel and stick close to the likes of Saul Tarvitz and Gabriel Santor less the sweet, chaos laden chorus of the Laer deliver you into Chaos.The Emperor protects.

The writing in this book wasn’t as captivating as the previous books in the series. The book fwlt like it was written simply to progress the overall storyline in the series. Fulgrim’s character seems bland and generic. I get that he was a perfectionist, so he just stomps around needing everything to be perfect without any sort of reason. The same goes for his army. It just felt redundant for 3/4 of the book. It was a slog for me to get until the books turning point which happens closer to the end. I’ve read far worse but I’ve also read better - especially in this series.

The author is able to take in the massive scope of the warmesters rebellion. This was no easy task and it is executed flawlessly. Highly recommend

Overall it’s a work of art, only misgiving I have is what happens to fulgrim at the end of the book. Overall, still a great book.

Sono ormai un appassionato di questa saga dell’Eresia di Horus. L’inizio di Fulgrim, dall’inizio della sua decadenza o sua ascesa, a seconda di come lo si odi o lo si ami. Inizia il tutto dal Sistema Laer dal pianeta Atoll 19.Fenomenale!

Maybe the best in the series so far. The descriptions of the transformations from a loyal legion to a devotee of hedonism and excess was a joy to read and will be difficult to top. Exciting to see the story unfold so brutally and in such detail!

whats so special about the series, you will see events from all different angles and protagonists, characters will get deeper with every book, small scenes might have a huge background from previous books or unfold in more detail at a later time.. the series is simply outstanding

Good, well done page turner. Graham MacNeill has started to grow on me. I was skeptical of his work because I found the Iron Warriors Omnibus dull and bland, and Honsou a vicious, but at the same time a lacking, uninteresting villain. But certainly Fulgrim and the Uriel Ventris chronicles are fantastic 40K works

Una historia increíble, y el personaje de Fulgrim el mejor. Libro 100% recomendable aunque no hayas leído la herejía.