Flight of the Eisenstein was the first book in the Horus Heresy series to not follow the Luna Wolves. It also introduced a lot of great characters. Garro: Oath of Moment is an audiobook that follows one of the few survivors of loyalists that were in the traitor legions, who was also one of the main characters in FotE.

The Word Bearer legion of the Space Marines were the first to go over to Chaos. The First Heretic covers that story. Yes, this does mean that, much like Descent of Angels, the book is a prequel to the prequel to the thing that is The Horus Heresy.

And it is good. A little slow at times but still very good.

In the Warhammer 40,000 franchise, there is at least one pet group in the Imperial Guard, Chaos Marines and the Space Marines factions. While you look at the novels set in the franchise, there really isn’t much of a focus on any one group. However, once you get beyond the fiction and into the tabletop, console, handheld and computer games, the pet groups start getting attention.

At the moment, there are only a handful of Warhammer 40,000 games that feature Space Marines that don’t have the Ultramarines in there somewhere…

Title: The Horus Heresy: Battle for the AbyssAuthor: Ben CounterPublisher: The Black LibraryRelease Date: September 2008Price: $7.99Rating: One thumb up and one thumb sideways, 80/100, B-, *** out of five.Pros: It’s the first book that all events happen after Horus’s betrayal of the Imperium so it’s all new. The story never stops moving. The feel of the book is incredibly faithful to the feel of Dawn of War and Dark Heresy.Cons: Character development could be done better. It could also take more time to develop the events more.Overall: This book in a way is lackluster but it’s still pretty good and a lot of fun to read.

Battle for the Abyss in a way is an incredible installment of The Horus Heresy series. In other ways it could have been so much better.

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