Exceptional

By far and large the best offering of black library i have ever read/listened to. Exceptional in every way.

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Vulkan lives!

A really good story about the best primarch! I would recommend for any son of nocturne.

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Nice to get a primates l primarch's perspective

I really enjoy the style of being in the thoughts of a primarch, it suits Vulcan's more grounded aspect and I found the book in general well written with the performance being well done and captivating, buy it.

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Great book, but Vulkans story is better

The book overall is great, but Vulkans storyline with Konrad is by far the more interesting story, for some reason (probably a me issue) I kept getting confused who was who with the space marine storyline, their names never stuck with me.

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Read it!!!

I'm so glad I finally picked this book up and listened to it!
I almost didn't buy this book when it was on offer in a 2 for 1 credits deal as id already gone past it in story. But after reading the reviews I thought why not as I hadn't read much about Vulkan yet.
My god am I SO glad I did! its not very often a book grips me from start to finish and there aren't many books that allows you to read and follow the mind and thoughts of a Primarch. This book is just fantastic and has skyrocketed Vulkan into easily my top 5 Primarchs now (maybe even top 3)
My advice is get this book! I'd be very surprised if anyone is dissatisfied after listening to it!

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Excellent in parts, but an acquired taste

The book is intentionally designed as a mirror to the psychological torture of the main character. This is very effective, as the jumping around in time disorienting and unsettling. However, as with most narrative devices, these often run the risk of detracting from the enjoyment of the story. I found that the narrative device, designed to replicate torture, was at times - painful.

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Not the best of the Horus Heresy

Decent story but hugely drawn out without much conclusion for any of the characters (other books have given the minor heresy characters a story within a book, not do much here). Maybe just not quite to my tastes I guess, always loved the idea of the honourable but broken Salamanders legion struggling to stay true to Vulcan's ideals of protecting the weak; I didn't find much of that ethos outside of Vulkans own sections of the book. Also not too keen on the voice given to Curze (my own fault for listening to Jonathan Keeble's portrayal of the character directly before this book). Enjoyable and I don't regret listening but certainly not the best.

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slow but good

it was a good book but a bit slow for my liking with the story

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One of the best!

This is definitely in the of 5 of the series so far. I loved the narration and was completely engaged in the story the whole time. a great introduction to Vulcan. Loved this book!

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Not as bad as people say

I went into the book with low expectations after reading some reviews, and Arbitor Ian giving the collective HH Salamanders novels 1/5. it certainly isn't on par with Legion, Fulgrim or The First Heretic, and the Istvan V sequences feel a bit long at times.

It does however manage to write Vulcan as a good POV character, and the exchanges between him and Kurze lead to a good payoff in the end. The ending brings catharsis in a good way, and the plotline about the broken legionaries and John Gramaticus I found quite compelling.

I'd say give it a spin and make the judgement for yourself - I'm glad I did!

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