Heroes of the Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000 Novels)

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This anthology features an Ultramarines series tie-in by Graham McNeill featuring the Iron Warrior Honsou, a prequel story to the forthcoming Salamander series by Nick Kyme, a tie–in to the new Imperial Fists series by Chris Roberson and all–new Deathwatch and Night Lords stories, setting the stars ablaze with the fury of the Space Marines. Darren Cox's And They Shall Know No Fear was a fine piece of battle writing, dripping with heroism and sacrifice. Ja, der Klappentext deutet schon an, dass es nicht nur um echte Space Marines sondern auch um die Verräter geht.

Heroes of the Space Marines is an anthology of stories about these brave champions and their dark counterparts, the Chaos Space Marines.

Castellan Reinhart and his warriors arrive on the world, greeted by representatives of the Inquisition and the Sisters of Battle. Die Geschichten sind von unterschiedlicher Länge und Qualität aber ein Kauf lohnt sich definitv für alle die Marines mögen - ob nun die "guten" oder die "bösen". Out of the 8 stories I liked the ones that stood out the best and that made this anthology worthwhile were: Honor Among Fiends, Fires of War, Labyrinth, Headhunted, And They Shall Know No Fear, and, One Hate(details on each in my updates). The other stories, those tales of chaos marines or filler of the Salamanders were really well written, and interesting, but not what I expected in this collection. I think Anthologies are a great work break book since you can easily get into the story without having to think about what happened since your last shift.

The sixth story in the book is `The Labyrinth' sees the renegade Sons of Malice Chapter perform their rituals in the bowels of a derelict ship. Finally One Hate is a rare example of an Aaron Dembski Bowden story that doesn't hit the mark, the crime in this case being that it's not very interesting.The characters are good, especially Chaplin Argo who is a nice departure from the usual fire and brimstone Chaplains that you usually get.

It potentially highlights the sameness of the series but there are enough differences to intrigue different people. The first story `The Skull Harvest' by Graham McNeill, sees the Iron Warriors Warsmith Honsou and his men compete in a tournament for the right to raise an army. From reading this, you'd think every third Space Marine was a traitor of some sort, rather than being the nigh-on unbreakable fanatics they're supposed to be. The Labyrinth' by Richard Ford - A group of the Sons Of Malice traitor marines undergo a test to join an elite group.

His retinue includes a Company Champion armed with a two-handed power sword, an Ancient bearing aloft an ornate banner, and two Company Veterans carrying master-crafted firearms – one with a bolt rifle, the other with a heavy bolter.