If you saw my earlier blog post about the novels and stories that lead in to the events of Angels of Caliban, you’ll have seen that quite a lot of threads come together in my latest Horus Heresy novel. Drop Pod ( Deathstorm) • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Dreadclaw • Stormbird • Thunderhawk ( Thunderhawk Transporter) • Storm Eagle ( Fire Raptor) • Stormstrike • Primaris Lightning Strike Fighter • Xiphon Interceptor • Caestus Assault Ram • Orgus Flyer • Apis • Lotus • Wrath • Lightning Crow • Stormhawk • Corsair • Deathbird • Swordstrike • Castellan • Pythos • Harbinger • Hawkwing For the Adeptus Astartes as well as the Dark Angels, this book is a good place to start. And what a journey it begins… There are two main storylines in the novel, each of which carries on threads that were introduced in the previous Dark Angels stories that we’ve seen so far, such as the novels Descent of Angels and Fallen Angels or short stories like Call of The Lion, By The Lion’s Command, Master of The First and others I’m forgetting right now. Suffice to say, despite some initial missteps, the story of the First Legion has improved considerably in the last few years and I hold Angels of Caliban to be the culmination of that entire effort as it is a significant turning point in the narrative of the First Legion during the Heresy. The character Caliban grows up alone, the only human on an island. This, combined with his ancestry (the son of a witch and a daemon), results in his wild and dangerous nature. Caliban is civilised by the arrival of a great sorcerer, but eventually grows resentful of his master and seeks to rebel under a new leader. In the end, however, he remains a servant of his first master. His character arc is notably similar to that of Lion El'Jonson.

The sword must be sheathed, Luther. You will be returned to Caliban and there you will remain until I return or call for you. Your warships will come with me to the expeditionary fleet. With this disruption to Zaramund I need every vessel, and you will have no use for them.’ Angels of Caliban is the next step in the Imperium Secundus story arc. It is not at all uncommon to see words associated with recent Horus Heresy series releases such as "directionless", "rambling", "filler" and "inconsequential". The Imperium Secundus story arc has been one of the bright spots in a series which should probably have reached it's conclusion already.In slavery, Caliban came to view Prospero as an usurper and grew to resent him and his daughter. He sought to rebel against them under a new master, but in the end he remained a faithful servant to his first master, Prospero. This character arc has notable similarities to those of the Dark Angels' Primarch Lion El'Jonson and Luther. All of this leads to what I consider the best part of the novel but be warned, spoilers follow so you might want to skip the next paragraph… And the Dreadwing is just the most badass of the Dark Angels' battle formations: deployed to bring total annihilation upon enemy employing advanced weaponry of mass destruction.

Among the most fearsome war machines of the Imperium are the Knights, towering armoured figures piloted by nobles hailing from the ancient feudal Knight Worlds. If you want a good book pertaining to the Dark Angels, look at the Lion El'Jonson primarch novel by David Guymer, it's leagues better than this nonsense. Lion of Endriago’s tooth - After defeating the Lion of Endriago, Zahariel replaced his chainsword with a sword made from the beast's fang. The tooth was sharp enough to cut through metal and trees with a single slash. [Needs Citation] As always, the expansion will conclude with 20 new neutral cards from Imperial Army, Mechanicum and Chaos, which will be released on 4th December.Relato del idiota Astelan, de la legión traidora de ángeles oscuros y su el peor y el más inútil primarca de la historia de la humanidad. If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identiry, and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms' - ty Gav Thorpe. Postulant - A legionary who hasn't been properly inducted into the Dreadwing and is not allowed to wear its symbols or sing its chants. [5] The arrival of the Imperium spells massive changes for Caliban. The forests are flattened and huge arcologies are built to house the burgeoning populace as workers and administrators from Earth are brought in to help process Caliban into a fully compliant member of the Imperium. This is not wholeheartedly accepted by some Calibanites…

Primarch • Legion Master • Praetor • Centurion • Space Marine Command Squad • Chief Apothecary • Forgemaster • Chief Librarian • Herald • Decurion Where the book truly tends to shine, however, is when the primarchs are gathered in one place. For someone whose works have involved little of their rivalries or relationships, Thrope handles their actions with a deft hand. While they're certainly verbose and oddly blunt at times, there's always an element of humanity to their actions through the larger-than-life behaviour. We were given a brief glimpse of this in one of Deliverance Lost's better moments, the brief reunion between Corax and Dorn, and here it truly shines. This is especially clear during the closing chapter of the book, which still hits the reader like a hammer despite knowing the revelation the loyalists uncover long before they were even aware of it.

All bear the haunted legacy of lost Caliban and all have pledged that they shall never rest until every one of the Fallen has repented his sins against the Emperor. The actual story of this one was probably my second favourite of the whole Imperium Secondus story arc. Being much more interesting and well done than both Unremembered Empire and Deathfire. Seeing the politics of the Imperium Secondus was probably one of my favourite aspects of the novel. The debating between the Imperial Triumvirate (?), Sanguinius ruling an empire (with surprisingly few Blood Angels mentioned throughout this whole IS arc), and seeing how the entirety of Macragge reacts to the actions of the demi-gods ruling over them. The Lion’s continued hunt for Curze was extremely fun to watch in this installment of the Horus Heresy, namely because he got to play at being the Emperor’s Lapdog and kill innumerable civilians in his hunt for the Night Haunter and try and justify it to the authority over him, which was great. The scenes that actually had the Night Lord were easily my favourite of the novel. He’s still that insane force of nature, but here we get to see a little more of how his premonitions affect his sanity and sense of reality. The fight between the Lion and Curze was a little one sided I feel, but with a massive bias against almost every Loyalist Legion and Primarch, that is probably to be expected at this point in the Heresy where loose ends are being tied up and the real march to Terra begins. IX- Angel's Tears • Burning Eyes • High Host • Contemptor-Incaendius • Crimson Paladins • Dawnbreaker • Sanguinary Guard •