gabe_reads 's review for:

Scars by Chris Wraight

5.0

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This was one of my favourite of the recent HH books, up there with Unremembered Empire and Betrayer. It was also the book where I found it easiest to get to grips with an entirely new legion and set of characters. The idiosyncrasies of the Scars were presented in a way that made them easy to understand without being spelt out. I really enjoyed the character of the Khan. He was someone who didn't fully agree with the Emperor's mission and I think his perspective on the Imperium was more interesting because of that. I liked how it started, with the two initiates, one on Terra and one on the Scar's home world. Especially that the Terran one was meant to be in the Luna Wolves, I think that provided a good contrast. I really enjoyed the Stormseer Yesugei, his psyker powers were so fun to read. The fight between

the Khan and Mortarion was also very fun. Something I thought could have been done better is the actual process of how the lodges came to support Horus over the Emperor, as it was it kind of felt shoved in to set up the big finale.