I recently finished up reading Holy Warrior by Angus Donald, his second novel following the exploits of Robin Hood. I'm someone that loves reading about the Crusades and have read a number of things on King Richard and the 3rd Crusade. Angus has an interesting take on this Crusade with the twist of Robin the Earl of Locksely following Richard on crusade. Its an interesting take on Robin Hood, refreshing to me. In reality the story is more about Alan of Dale than of Robin Hood. Is it great writing, probably not, but it was still enjoyable, and I think I will read the next book in the series. And it does have a bit of historical note to it, even though it is fiction, and I like this period quite a bit.
What will I read next? I'm not sure, I have no new books sitting on my shelf for the first time in many years. I normally have a huge back log of things to read. I'll have to figure that out.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Friday, December 2, 2011
Horus Heresy All is Dust....
Finally picked this book by Graham McNeil back-up. A story about the 1000 Sons and the witch hunt by the Emperor of Mankind. The central character is Ahriman and his back is against the wall pretty much the whole time.
I won't go into a lot of detail so as not to ruin the book for people. I'm not a book reviewer, and I did sit this book down for a month or two as I was just too busy to sit and read a bit. It was a good story like most of the Horus Heresy books that are written by Graham and Dan Abnett. It definitely furthers the depth of the realm of Warhammer 40k.
It also gives me a very different impression of the 1000 Sons, not the traiterous type impression that I previously as them being a legion of chaos, but of a persecuted legion. And the story also gives me a much more dislike of Leman Russ and the savagery of Space Wolves, they are definitely the Emperor's dogs and enforcers. Don't get me wrong I like the idea of the wolves, but a story like this does give a different perspective. And I still love the visual side of them, they are the Vikings of 40k. And like that sort of thing.
This book, also, does the blur the lines, everything is not completely black and white in the 40k Mythology.
I won't go into a lot of detail so as not to ruin the book for people. I'm not a book reviewer, and I did sit this book down for a month or two as I was just too busy to sit and read a bit. It was a good story like most of the Horus Heresy books that are written by Graham and Dan Abnett. It definitely furthers the depth of the realm of Warhammer 40k.
It also gives me a very different impression of the 1000 Sons, not the traiterous type impression that I previously as them being a legion of chaos, but of a persecuted legion. And the story also gives me a much more dislike of Leman Russ and the savagery of Space Wolves, they are definitely the Emperor's dogs and enforcers. Don't get me wrong I like the idea of the wolves, but a story like this does give a different perspective. And I still love the visual side of them, they are the Vikings of 40k. And like that sort of thing.
This book, also, does the blur the lines, everything is not completely black and white in the 40k Mythology.
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