Angron: The Red Angel (Warhammer 40,000)

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There are some great individual scenes and storylines here, but as a whole I think it lacked a cohesiveness across the various plots to really drive the story forward. In the darkness of Imperium Nihilus, across half a million worlds cut off from the dim light of Holy Terra, a beacon is lit. Equally consumed by Angron’s mere existence, they at least have different ideology to the rest of the cast. You want the inside scoop on a Traitor Legion in the same vein as, say, the Night Lords books, here's your huckleberry. Angron’s a tricky one – he’s one of those “force of nature” characters that you can’t really empathise with or get inside the head of, so there’s definitely a challenge there.

David: With Angron, and characters like him, you don’t really look at them from the inside – from their perspective.he’s a villain rewarded with anger, who then becomes a bit more angry, and makes people around him feel jolly cross as well. This weekend is set to be one of the bloodiest on record, when the World Eaters arrive in Warhammer 40,000 as their own faction complete with a new codex, new models, and the big guy himself, Angron. That being said, this could be more on the general theme and source material for the World Eaters, rather than a reflection on the writing.

Half a galaxy away, Graucis Telomane of the Grey Knights has been readying himself for this day, and plans six centuries in the making are finally set in motion – plans that will see the eradication of the Emperor’s greatest mistake once and for all. It depicts the titular Primarch as less a character and more an elemental force and shows the impact that his presence has on his followers, which is a really effective approach. It’s weird too because David Guymer didn’t seem to cause these issues for me with The Court of the Blind King.

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They could have been larger than life characters, but boiled down as they are to big, stompy, angry men, they sort of blur into one. Chris Forrester’s Wrath of the Lost is an excellent example of how to make rage more than just two-dimensional. There are a few nods to Aaron’s The Emperor’s Gift , as some of the events that took place there – and the consequences of Angron’s last banishment – have a big part to play in The Red Angel . David: All of the veterans of the Long War have degraded since their time in M31, but you’d be hard-pushed to say any have fallen as far as the World Eaters. I’m not suggesting that anyone should read sixty-plus books to understand one slim novel, but that kind of familiarity would doubtless help.

All we ask is the product still be in its original packaging and you have your proof of purchase and we'll be happy to help. But also the breadth of work across the Horus Heresy series, as lots of authors have written about the Primarchs in lots of different situations, and the reading I did for both books put me in a good place to continue Angron’s story. The problem is that, swept up as they are in Angron’s orbit, everyone else in the book feels very similar.