Deathfire (The Horus Heresy), by Nick Kyme
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The latest title in the New York Times bestselling seriesVulkan lies in state beneath the Fortress of Hera, and yet many of his sons still refuse to believe that he is truly dead. After a seemingly miraculous rescue by the Ultramarines, Artellus Numeon, once captain of the Pyre Guard, urges the other Salamanders on Macragge to leave Imperium Secundus and return their primarch’s body to the home world of Nocturne – there to be reborn in the flames of Mount Deathfire. But Numeon grapples endlessly with his doubts and fears for the future of the Legion, while their foes seek to carve out new destinies of their own...
Deathfire (The Horus Heresy), by Nick Kyme - Amazon Sales Rank: #64815 in Books
- Brand: Warhammer 40,000 - Novels - Horus Heresy Softcover
- Published on: 2015-11-17
- Released on: 2015-11-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.20" h x 1.50" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Again, not bad, despite reservations By JPS First posted on Amazon.co.uk on 8 November 2015This is a quite good follow-up of Vulkan Lives (the author’s previous volume in the Horus Heresy) and of the Unremembered Empire (from Dan Abnett). A couple of little warnings before starting this review: it is not absolutely necessary to have read both mentioned volumes before this one, but it certainly helps. In fact, it also helps to have read the whole series, to some extent, and in particular the five first volumes. Also, and although I try to both avoid them and limit them, the following review may contain a few “spoilers”.This rather long volume (slightly less than 500 pages) focused upon the Odyssey of a handful of Salamanders, survivors of the Isstvan V’ “Odyssey as they bring back the corpse of Vulkan, their Primarch, back to Nocturne (hence the book’s title), their home planet, across the war-torn space of the Imperium and across the storm-ridden warp in particular (hence the book’s subtitle). They are driven by their belief, or rather by their need to believe that “Vulkan lives”, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary. Taking point in this belief is Artellus Numeon, once captain of the Pyre Guard and Vulkan’s Equerry, who is freed from captivity and torture by the Ultramarines, rallies the survivors of his Legion and leads the Odyssey with the grudging acceptance of Guilliman and the two other Primarchs who have joined forces with him to found – a bit prematurely - the “Second Empire”.The plot and events that take place during the Odyssey are somewhat unoriginal. They are however some nice touches, such as a murderous warp version of Ulysses’ sirens (I will say no more about them). Another nice touch is that, at one point in the voyage, the huge but largely empty battle-barge of the Salamanders is forced to drop out of the warp near the Segmentum Solar, gets to hear the call by Rogal Dorn for all Legions to rally to the defence of Terra and therefore learns that Terra has not yet fallen. The Salamanders are therefore forced to make a rather hard choice between obeying the summons and continuing on their journey. This, at least, is how the author portrays it.There is also the usual number of “desperate” void battles, boarding actions and even a battle on the ground, all of which are quite griping and well told, but not terribly original. You also get “treated” to the usual reminiscences about the treason, trauma, defeat and massacre of Isstvan V (here we go again!).Perhaps the main theme of the whole book is the Salamanders’ own agonies, and how they are torn and divided between hope/belief against all odds that “Vulkan lives”, quite literally, of course, and that bringing him back to Nocturne will revive him, and mourning and despair, which leads the Legionaries to bring him back to be buried at home. Here again, the theme and idea is rather good, but the execution is borderline stereotype, at times. It did not elicit much empathy – allegedly one of the main characteristics of the Salamanders - as far as I was concerned and, at times, I could not help getting a bit impatient with all the moaning and whining (that is how it felt like, to me) coming from the fearsome Space Marines.A related point is the author’s tendency to exaggerate and “overdo it”, at times, to make his history more dramatic, although this might also be editorial glitches. So, at one point during a particularly tense boarding action, Artellus’ ammunition is low, with the author telling us he has only half a clip left in his bolter. A few lines further, and without a single additional shot having been fired, you learn that in fact he only has three rounds left and, of course, hardly any other weapon.More importantly, when describing and exploring the moral crisis of the Salamanders, the author comes up with the dubious claim that their Legion was the one which suffered the highest casualties on Isstvan V. I would rather have put my money on the Iron Hands, although the Black Guard was also decimated! Even more controversially, the Salamanders are presented as worse off than the two others because they do not know what happened to their Primarch, whereas Corax of the Black Guard escaped, although badly wounded, and Manus Ferrus of the Iron Hands was decapitated. What the author may have wanted to convey is the uncertainty as to whether their Primarch is still alive or not was, for the Salamanders, perhaps even worse to bear than the certainty that he had been killed. Unfortunately, this is not exactly how his point comes across.Another interesting feature which could have been better used is that of a somewhat schizophrenic sharpshooter “Knight Errant” who, by and large, gets to help the Salamanders quite a lot. The problem here is that the author never entirely tells how this character made it onto the battle barge, yet alone how he acquired his somewhat mixed personality. IT would also have let readers know what the Sigillite was up to...Finally, while quite entertaining despite all my gripes and rants, this book is yet another “side-show”, even if one that is interesting at times. The point here is that, once again, the reader is no closer to the invasion of Terra and the assault of the Imperial Palace. Also, it would be nice if, in some not too distant future and before the invasion of Terra begins, a Black Library author would be kind enough to write a book on Book 17 of the series (the Outcast Dead) and focus on the preparations for the defence of System Solar. This is book 32 and, for the last fifteen instalments, authors have been spinning out the outcomes of Isstvan V but almost exclusively from the perspective of the Loyalist or the Rebel Legions.Three stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Vulkan Lives! By Rhymoceros This is the second book within the Horus Heresy of a planned trilogy, according to the Afterword by the author Nick Kyme, revolving around Vulkan and the Salamanders. I didn't know this was a planned treatment for this chapter, especially within the Horus Heresy, so it's a very nice surprise. I was planning on giving up on the Heresy series because the plots were all over the place and so many things didn't match up, but now I'm hoping the next book by Mr. Kyme will be available through the Black Library as a signed and numbered copy. The Unremembered Empire sort of messed it up for me, but this book brought it back together, the characters were very well rounded and the ending did not disappoint.No spoilers here, pick it up, it's worth it. This is one of the few times I would say the cover art did not the the book justice. I would have loved to have had Salamanders and Deathguard on the cover, Mortarion's own were a satisfying presence. Makes me want to read more about Barbarus. How 'bout it Nick? Will you get started on a Mortarion Trilogy?The third book should be the most criticized with very high expectations, I'm hoping it will open the door for future novels for the Salamanders, maybe even now with the Black Legion series coming out. Best wishes Nick. Thanks for the Odyssey.And what about an art print for Vulkan Lives? that's one of my favorite covers.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not bad. Not great, but not bad. By Marcus If I had a penny for every time the words Vulkan Lives appears in this book...The story is not bad. It is a little slow and meandering at times, but that's part of the Odyssey of these Salamanders trying to get home.There's a few plot holes, but the most glaring for me was how a Legion home world was essentially left with no defenses. Legion warships appear in-system, engage in battle, land on the planet, and not so much as a single hail, or even a hint of orbital defense. I suppose by the time you reach that point in the book, you just want the damn plot to move along so let's just hurry up already...The overall storyline was decent. It advances the overall Horus Heresy storyline, but the devil is in the details.
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