Marc Collins (1)

Black Templars, religious zealots forming one of the largest Space Marines chapters ever. Led by religious fervor that would make religious fanatics of our age going "C'mon on now!" these warriors have no mercy to anyone, who does not comply gets destroyed. They wage Eternal Crusade, fighting whomever crosses them and bringing destruction to non-compliant worlds (where non-compliant might be defined as "Aha! He was not looking directly at me!").

And then Guilliman comes in and something show more sparks out in the Hellbrecht, High Marshall of the Black Templars, the very embodiment of his chapter. Soon he will embark on the quest that will make him question whether Templars can defeat all the mighty foes of the humanity on their own or they need to do it in concert with the humanity itself. And if they need humanity does that mean they need to change their attitude [toward it].

Story on its own might be a letdown if you are expecting some heroic quests of this most knightly order of Space Marines. There is lots of great speeches and oaths (which is something one would expect from a chapter very proud of its own zealotry and superstition) and this might be off-putting to some. But at the end book's strength is in showing how reason does prevail even in W40K.

Interesting book, great characters. Recommended to W40K fans. show less

This was given to me by my husband who plays Warhammer 40k. And it is obviously written for players of Warhammer 40K. I felt really lost in the world and the lore, because I don't play there was a lot I was expected to understand that I just didn't.