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The Flight of the Eisenstein
by James Swallow
As I'm wrapping up Galaxy in Flames, I'm hit with a sole reticent thought: "Should I just skip to a new series? Go straight into Siege of Terra or even Beast Arises?". I didn't think there would be that much more to flesh out from the Horus Heresy arc that warranted further dedication to the series; Especially considering my incipience overall in matters of lore and how much more juice I'd get proverbially squeezing some other book.
I was wrong. It was, at the point of perusal, my favorite read of the bunch. Some things that I liked:
- Garro is very much sui generis. He has many particular flaws and virtues, and these are consistently exposed throughout the book. We also, get a feel for Garros' growth throughout the book, done well and adding all the more complexity to him.
- Fortunately, It wasn't a Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Warp work. It explores a surprisingly varied number of different settings and locations.
- It colors key events and interactions sublimely. You find a new appreciation for things and characters you already know.
- There is a lot of Holy Terra moments for sure.
- Some - up to this point - relatively secondary characters, blossom into straight-up protagonists.
- Some new factions and key characters get introduced. This book is when I started feeling like I was reading Warhammer 40k and not 30k.
I was wrong. It was, at the point of perusal, my favorite read of the bunch. Some things that I liked:
- Garro is very much sui generis. He has many particular flaws and virtues, and these are consistently exposed throughout the book. We also, get a feel for Garros' growth throughout the book, done well and adding all the more complexity to him.
- Fortunately, It wasn't a Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Warp work. It explores a surprisingly varied number of different settings and locations.
- It colors key events and interactions sublimely. You find a new appreciation for things and characters you already know.
- There is a lot of Holy Terra moments for sure.
- Some - up to this point - relatively secondary characters, blossom into straight-up protagonists.
- Some new factions and key characters get introduced. This book is when I started feeling like I was reading Warhammer 40k and not 30k.