Reviews

Legends of the Space Marines by Christian Dunn

kghdodge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

bloodravenlib's review against another edition

4.0

A pretty good collection of stories about the Space Marines. It is more a collection of novellas or longer short stories as opposed to just short pieces, but it is well worth reading. There are some very good works here. I did enjoy the story about Ventris and the Ultramarines, even though if you have read the Ultramarines novels, you know where things are headed. The story gives a bit more insight into events from the novels. If you are a fan of the Space Marines, you will enjoy this book. If you are looking for an entry point into WH40K and the Space Marines, this is a pretty good book for that.

utbw42's review against another edition

4.0

Another collection of outstanding Space Marines short stories by various excellent Warhammer 40K authors. The last story by Aaron Dembski-Bowden about Gaius Point really was the best one in this series.

silverthane's review against another edition

2.0

This is a fairly typical Warhammer 40,000 book, full of the sort of bloody battles and mayhem any reader of the genre will be familiar with. It is a collection of short stories focussing on the saviours of humanity; the Space Marines.

I didn't enjoy this book as much as 'Heroes of the Space Marines' (another collection of short stories) which was shorter and generally a better book. I was impressed with one story in particular: Twelve Wolves. I thought it was very imaginative. Some of the others were pretty awful particularly 'The Returned' which I found to be terminally dull. None of them stood out in particular leading me to ultimately be disappointed with this collection which was also too long.