_woodgate 's review for:

The Flight of the Eisenstein by James Swallow

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Eisenstein is successful in breaking new ground and in retelling the story of Isstvan from a different perspective, compelling in both and adding some welcome new blood to build up the ever-depleting cast of characters. Eisenstein still skirts the 'why' of it all (plenty of time to explore that across the Horus Heresy series and beyond) but it succeeds in instilling some adventure into proceedings and again ends with a centrepiece battle worthy of the conflict it represents. To top it all off, we get another, closer look at Rogal Dorn, who I think is a straight-up geezer and one of my favourite Primarchs. A strong outing for the Heresy overall.