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drwilko's review

3.25
adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

schwaaah's review

4.0
adventurous dark medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Primarch books are definitely better when there are at least 2 playing off each other.

A fun but heartbreaking accounting of events on an imperial world with uprising and mysterious apocalyptic events.

When legions meet and have surch diverse opinions but still share brotherhood, that his when 40k or in particular 30k sings!
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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trackofwords's review

4.0

On the doomed Imperial world of Morningstar, Magnus and his brother Perturabo lead their Legions in an attempt to rescue as many civilians as possible before the planet tears itself apart.

At its core, this is McNeill exploring the conflicting aspects of Magnus – his self belief, his desire to do the right thing, his hubris…he’s a complicated guy with the best intentions, and there are so many great little hints here to the path that he’s already on.

Read the full review at http://www.trackofwords.com/2017/05/31/magnus-the-red-master-of-prospero-graham-mcneill/

lnewton's review

3.0

The concept for this story was really straight-forward and the early execution of it was done well. Unfortunately the ending added in too many unnecessary complexities and it kind of came off as an info-dump, which is odd for an ending. If the last 30 pages were different I would have liked this much more.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix