Mortarion: The Pale King (Volume 15) (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs) [Hardcover] Annandale, David

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It's kind of funny that this homicidal maniac Primarch is entirely justified in intent, and had he reduced collateral damage, would be laudable for it.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Also this "The Imperium, but even more swarm-like and worse" is in a few of the novels in this series so maybe they all have the same origin. While I’ve read The Buried Dagger, I’ll be honest that I don’t love the “he had no choice” answer offered. A fact that leads to an overall deterioration in the realism of the space where most of the novel is set. Mortarion makes his debut in the fifteenth Primarchs novel, and wastes no time in bringing his own brand of grim justice to the galaxy.But was so interesting to also learn of some of the original battle captains of the legion, and how Typhon and Garro ascended. Annandale doesn’t give the reader an understanding of what the arcology looks like or how the different zones of battle relate to one another.

Maybe other approaches are better suited for planets those primarchs encounter, but he will deal with his obstacles his way.That's the only meaning they see in it - the meaning of obedience, not the point of the tally itself. The only weak point here is the monotony of the movement through the hive, which feels like it needs more connection, as the rest of the book is very strong with deep, interesting, characters within and without the death guard.

They need to disable it in one day because millions of reinforcements are arriving from all the world in a day to save the center. As for things I liked, Mortarion's point of view was actually interesting once you manage to get past his LARP-ing as "death incarnate. Annandale does incredibly well is the introspection and reflection on the motives of his characters and the events that unfold.

Nothing is done to establish the size of these larger spaces, or what they were for prior to the arrival of the Death Guard. The parallels between the enemy that he fights in this book, the tyranny that he fought on his homeworld in the past, and the monstrous entity that the Imperium later becomes is a clever plot device which works really well in this book. I only mention this because I don’t know if these issues with his writing are present in everything that he’s penned, or if they’re unique to Mortarion. An exploration intended to give readers not only a better understanding of the men themselves but also the legions they command. Conocer más a fondo al personaje fue un punto a favor del libro, porque te muestra muy bien sus motivaciones y su forma de actuar antes de la herejía.

The fifteenth instalment in The Horus Heresy Primarchs series, The Pale King tells of the atrocities committed by the Reaper in the name of justice—and the consequences of challenging his methods. Annandale devotes time to the enemies of his protagonist in an effort to show the overwhelming power of the space marines, but it also leads the reader to an understanding of just how evil the antagonists of the Death Guard really are. Though for his primarch book, I was hoping to learn more about his experience on barbarus or when the emperor first discovered him.Banish all thoughts of mercy, because mercy is the plaything of the coward and the lie of the tyrant. I adore my real-life Mortarion miniature and really wanted to like this one but sadly, the few good moments of character growth and introspection were buried beneath tons of edgy gore, atrocious worldbuilding and battle scenes that drag on for too long.