Angron: Slave of Nuceria: Slave of Nuceria (Volume 11) (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

£9.9
FREE Shipping

Angron: Slave of Nuceria: Slave of Nuceria (Volume 11) (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

Angron: Slave of Nuceria: Slave of Nuceria (Volume 11) (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

RRP: £99
Price: £9.9
£9.9 FREE Shipping

In stock

We accept the following payment methods

Description

I'd never seen anything quite like that in a book before so I said this'll be worth 18 dollars if only to spend some time speculating what those solid black pages in the back are. His form of describing scenes is excellent when it comes to individual duels, and is best suited to moments of character drama or conversations. The taking of captives and prisoners never entered a centurion of the Xll’s considerations as he planned a campaign or readied his brothers to charge.

Theres some great writing in this book too, some lines I remember making me stop my work and just listen. That the damnation of the World Eaters was an entirely human one, at least initially, and the angry god to adopt his legion later was really only formalizing what they'd been doing for decades. The World Eaters have been trying to replicate the Butcher’s Nails and implant them into a Legionnaire. The circumstnces which led to the Nails being forced upon him are another critical element among his story, as we see so much of the person that he could have been. For the XII Legion, once the War Hounds and now the World Eaters, the line between strength and flaw is almost impossible to separate.

The Slave of Nuceria’s actual plot revolves around the question of Butcher’s Nails that Angron strongly wishes to see implanted in all of his warriors. Essentially, the World Eaters’ tale is the chronicle of desperate ambitions and false choices, paternal indifference and filial mistakes, shattered brotherhoods and subsequent lies of the decaying Imperium too ashamed to remember the truth. I hate to describe a sci-fi franchise's subseries' subseries this way, but this book is really kind of avant garde in places. This book gives a glimpse into Angrons past, showing how he was before the nails poisoned his mind: Kind, calm, and it seems he might have even had some latent psychic abillities. Personally it's the first one that I'd say actually perfectly met the criteria of what I expected this series to be.

Martin brings us the details of what happened next, and the World Eaters' adoption of the Butcher's Nails. But, as a whole, the sheer grandiosity of Angron’s charismatic dialogues (especially during his rediscovery by Khârn) and his indomitable brutality made the tale a very enjoyable experience. Several books later, it does seem most of them have been happy to follow a familiar pattern: the Primarch and his Legion come to a non-compliant world, we meet some ‘new’ characters (who are doomed) and some previously established characters from the Legion (who we already know will make it through to the Heresy, in most cases) and the Primarch acts exactly as you’d expect, probably doing awful atrocities on the world while cackling (if a Traitor) or doing awful atrocities on the world while feeling a bit bad or at least ambivalent about it (if a Loyalist). As the Emperor travels the galaxy at the head of his Great Crusade, few events are as important as rediscovering his scattered sons, the Primarchs, and bestowing them as the masters of their Legions.

In general, the style St Martin chose for this story, action-heavy and dialogue-rich in equal measure, perfectly matches the spirit of the 12th Legion.

Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Many characters from that book show up with little true introduction, such as Lhorke and Delvarus, but they are just there.It is hard not to feel bad for the guy after one gets to witness his journey of transformation from a mere human into a bestial machine of anger first hand. And even the tiniest glimpse on the slave of Nuceria, before he became the Eater of Cities, of Worlds. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Is he as detached as he’s sometimes portrayed to be (mainly in short stories), considering the Primarchs and the Legions purely as sentient tools?

The issues I have with the book is the weak beginning part which seemed to drag on for a bit before going into the meat of the plot. It makes us wonder what might have been… I think the author did a very good job of showing this side of Angron, using it to good effect in providing a stark contrast with the frothing, out-of-control berserker he was by the time the Emperor found him and united him with his Legion. There is a lot more to discuss about the story, which is no wonder since the Primarchs and their progeny still face the same existential and moral dilemmas as the common humankind, only on a much greater scale.Comparing with the Angron that was portrayed during his gladiatorial days, brotherhood was an integral part, similar to the brotherhood that was portrayed when the legionaries Phalanx advance, to prove that they really are his sons. It also looks more into Khàrn and what is the start of his fall but also gain a respect as in later Horus heresy books he seems to have his tendencies for blood almost in check outside of battle. That's also without getting into the issue of how the hell they pinned down/kept confined a demigod who could likely slaughter entire stadiums with just his fists. Being a highly intelligent (super)man, with great level of empathy especially to his fellow gladiators Angron has everything stacked against him and when finally nails come in as a punishment.



  • Fruugo ID: 258392218-563234582
  • EAN: 764486781913
  • Sold by: Fruugo

Delivery & Returns

Fruugo

Address: UK
All products: Visit Fruugo Shop