Vital Stats:
Page Count: 320
Era: 40k (no specified year)
Perspective: Ultramarines
Major Characters: Uriel Ventris, Pasanius Lysane
Special Guest Stars: [Inquisitor-text]Leodegarius
One Sentence Review: A personal story and conclusion to the story started in Dead Sky, Black Sun.
A Few Musings: The Ultramarines novels started incredibly strong. They are almost as good as what is my mind the best Space Marine story – Space Wolf by William King. Graham McNeill took a departure with Dead Sky, Black Sun with a more personal story involving Uriel and Pasanius. It wasn’t a departure I liked ([Inquisitor-text]see Chaos Choo-Choo). This story seems to atone for the past as it is a bridge to what I am hopeful are great things with Uriel (leading Ultramarines into battle).
I like the cover artwork. Although I wonder if the artist realized he was painting [Inquisitor-text]the sidekick of the story. The story itself is well laid out and comes to a decent conclusion. There was no real mystery to this book, although it tries to play one out. [Inquisitor-text]The Killing Ground wasn’t a big surprise and that was disappointing. How the Unfleshed were fleshed out (insert groan here) was quite good. Also when Leodegarius shows up the book got a lot better. Frankly I would like to see a book just about him (although another author has that topic cornered).
Surprisingly, the "personal" story of Ben Counter's Grey Knight Justicar Alaric was better than this book. I say surprising because I generally enjoy McNeill's books more than any other Black Library author.
I wasn’t really happy with a 320 page hardback. This is partially because I rip through McNeill’s books I must admit. Overall it is a good read, but I would wait for paperback.
Bolters (Out of Five): Two.
Page Count: 320
Era: 40k (no specified year)
Perspective: Ultramarines
Major Characters: Uriel Ventris, Pasanius Lysane
Special Guest Stars: [Inquisitor-text]Leodegarius
One Sentence Review: A personal story and conclusion to the story started in Dead Sky, Black Sun.
A Few Musings: The Ultramarines novels started incredibly strong. They are almost as good as what is my mind the best Space Marine story – Space Wolf by William King. Graham McNeill took a departure with Dead Sky, Black Sun with a more personal story involving Uriel and Pasanius. It wasn’t a departure I liked ([Inquisitor-text]see Chaos Choo-Choo). This story seems to atone for the past as it is a bridge to what I am hopeful are great things with Uriel (leading Ultramarines into battle).
I like the cover artwork. Although I wonder if the artist realized he was painting [Inquisitor-text]the sidekick of the story. The story itself is well laid out and comes to a decent conclusion. There was no real mystery to this book, although it tries to play one out. [Inquisitor-text]The Killing Ground wasn’t a big surprise and that was disappointing. How the Unfleshed were fleshed out (insert groan here) was quite good. Also when Leodegarius shows up the book got a lot better. Frankly I would like to see a book just about him (although another author has that topic cornered).
Surprisingly, the "personal" story of Ben Counter's Grey Knight Justicar Alaric was better than this book. I say surprising because I generally enjoy McNeill's books more than any other Black Library author.
I wasn’t really happy with a 320 page hardback. This is partially because I rip through McNeill’s books I must admit. Overall it is a good read, but I would wait for paperback.
Bolters (Out of Five): Two.
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