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Galaxy in Flames av Ben Counter
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Galaxy in Flames (utgåvan 2006)

av Ben Counter (Författare)

Serier: The Horus Heresy Novels (3), The Horus Heresy (III), Warhammer 40,000 (fiction) (Horus Heresy novel #3 (Oct 2006))

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Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the rebel world of Isstvan III. Though the rebels are swiftly crushed, Horus's treachery is finally revealed when the planet is razed by virus bombs and Space Marines turn on their battle-brothers in the most bitter struggle imaginable.

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Titel:Galaxy in Flames
Författare:Ben Counter (Författare)
Info:Games Workshop (2006), 416 pages
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Taggar:Science fiction, Horus heresy, Warhammer 40k

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Galaxy in Flames av Ben Counter

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I have read this book, which I consider one big book with Horus Rising and False Gods with parts of Flight of the Eisenstein as a coda, at least four times in the nearly 18 years since it was published, and every time it has made me cry. These books are incredible and the stories and characters within are something special.

I will be taking a little break to catch up on reviews and to keep on top of other reading, including a proper write up for this, after Flight of the Eisenstein, as well as reading the early stories and accounts of the Horus Heresy, including The Emperor and Horus by William King, The Horus Rebellion by Alan Merrett, and The Dornian Heresy for fun.

This whole saga continues to be an unbelievable undertaking, despite the wildly vacillating quality as things go on, but this opening trilogy is damn near perfect for what it is. I think some of the negative reviews I've seen don't seem to know what that is and judge it unfairly. I'm all for the joys of subjectivity and I know my brains mercurial and sporadic tastes, but I think complaints about characters making ridiculous choices and acting in 'unbelievable' ways make the mistake of viewing this as a traditional sci-fi story or space opera. The Horus Heresy is the foundation story for Warhammer 40K (with its own foundation stories, which spirals back on itself); it is myth and legend like the Eddas, Odyssey, Illiad, and The Contending of Horus and Seth. It draws on these and classic and foundational tales from across the globe, particularly the latter, both in form and through in universe references, surpassing the simple pig Latin Catholic allegory it began as, the just over 15 lines of small box text in the Book of the Astronomicon, as I mentioned in my Horus Rising review, to become a gestalt. It is a reflection and interpretation of all of these things through the medium of novels, novellas, short stories, audio drama, and a graphic novel about big dudes in armour with machine gun rocket launchers, giant cathedral spaceships, it's own eldritch horror, combining Cthulhu mythos with every concept of hell and the supernatural, and every alien in media on steroids.

I'm not saying this should be held up with Homer, Snorri, and Sîn-lēqi-unninni, but the mythological and allegorical nature are self evident, so some criticisms I've seen do have a ring of ‘cancelling’ Achilles for being too problematic a fave. Yeah, taking concubines is awful and pouting over having yours stolen because your king wanted a new one so you nearly lose a war and your ‘close personal friend’ and [roommate] seems absolutely ridiculous behaviour, but these aren't stories about realism and, in the case of the Astartes and Primarchs, being exactingly genetically engineered and going through truly inconceivable amounts of indoctrination will make you do some odd things.

Anyways, I need to stop acting as an Iterator for this series and come back after I get my head together enough to catch up on reviewing False Gods and this in full. But the tragedy of the tragedy of the Mournival, the death of the Great Crusade, the kindling of the Imperial Creed, Qruze embodying Milgram's obedience, Tarvitz stepping out of being a line officer and stepping up for his moment, the camaraderie between the Loyalist Captains, and Counters wonderfully visceral and vivid descriptions, without wallowing in florid detail are all glorious elements I have a lot more to say on another time.

For now, I have a Flight to catch with a certain Battle Captain on the commandeered Eisenstein. ( )
  RatGrrrl | Jan 23, 2024 |
Targaddon was done dirty ( )
  zenseiii | Dec 13, 2022 |
In the general realm of Warhammer 40k books, this is fairly high on the quality scale. It's not overly info-dumpy, it his back on the people per, and it achieved a good mix of action and plot movement.

I'd have liked some more warp grotesquery and grim darkness, actually, but as the backbone of the Horus Heresy this book does a good job of driving home the bitterness of betrayal. ( )
  JimDR | Dec 7, 2022 |
Well, I certainly liked it, what can i say. I liked it less than the two previous ones, maybe because now the story was less new to me. I really want to know how the rest of the story develops. ( )
  NachoSeco | Oct 10, 2022 |
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