Fulgrim

The Downward Spiral

Rated 3 out of 5 by Paul

McNeill's massive undertaking is a fishbowl view of regal self-obsessed Primarch Fulgrim and his perfect-to-a-fault warriors as they seek to purge a culture that resist the Imperial truth. 'Truth' brought with utmost prejudice, both self serving and without diplomacy; for what diplomacy could really exist in the war thirst of the 31st millennium? With an unrelenting look straight into the heart of the evil that could consume us all, the author delves deeper into the psychological aspect of corruption, debauchery, and compulsive self-destruction.

Humanity in Demi-Gods

Rated 5 out of 5 by Travis

Graham McNeill raises the bar on the Horus Heresy novels with Fulgrim and ups the ante for all future Black Library novels with his touching tale of tragedy amidst a hellscape of war. What McNeill does so brilliantly is his use of non-Astartes characters as people who actually matter, instead of simply being inferior creatures. Not that it doesn't retain the gritty destruction Black Library fans have come to expect, it's just that the book does so much more than that. The finest element of the novel is its' namesake: the Primarch Fulgrim, who's true tragedy is that he was more than mortal.

My favourite

Rated 5 out of 5 by Javier

I was not a big fan of the Emperor´s Children... till now. In my humble opinion, this is the best book about the Horus Heresy. Nuff said.

Fulgrim

Rated 5 out of 5 by The Acolyte Hu Li

This, in my humble opinion, was the core of the Horus Heresy books. This is the apex of the tales of destruction of the Astartes, exemplifying the beauty and tragedy of the potential of the Astartes and of man's greatness, and really bringing home how far these angels fell. It also was the book that most reminded me of the horrors of the "Book of Chaos" I picked up back in the 1990s playing 40K. Sometimes this type of fiction is drek, sometimes it was perfect. This one was perfect.

hubris, narcissism, and art (awesome battles nonwithstanding)

Rated 5 out of 5 by Sunil

This is an essential falling-from-grace piece in the Horus Heresy, and who better to fall than a Primarch so fixated on perfection? Readers will discover, and vividly picture the Emperor's children's transformation from something so 'perfect' into the over-stimulated pawns of Slaanesh. I loved that McNeill writes about Istvaan V in this book, which I think is a topic seldom covered in the Heresy Series so far... buy it! this is my third Graham McNeill book and I'm yet to be disappointed...

Amazing

Rated 5 out of 5 by tom

made my heart leap, it seem's run of the mill for grahman mcniell but that is awesome anyway, almost made me cry, very emotional prevoking, puts the giant kick in a*** that the horus heresy needed to make it so amazing like it is anyway, but it was a big help was fulgrim

Ups and downs, but mostly ups

Rated 4 out of 5 by Fredric

A lovely book, which raised my opinion of the Emperors Children greatly. It could have benefited from more focus on Fulgrim himself, but that said I was utterly captivated by this book, from start to epic climax.

A tragic story

Rated 5 out of 5 by Doelago

I dont want to give away anything really, but you cant do but feel sorry for Fulgrim. This book was, in its own way, quite tragic and sad. I really enjoyed the point of view of the remembrancers, thou I have done it in all the books, but they were nicely portrayed, as was Fulgrim. But this was also the first book in which it took me closer to a hundred pages to learn who was who, so there was a lot of checking back and forth as to what rank everyone had and what. So I did not get to attached to anyone, no. Good and enjoyable read, highly recommended to all Horus Heresy fans.

WOOT WOOT

Rated 5 out of 5 by harry

the first black library i got and one of my favourites. I loved how it delved into the process of Fulgrim and his legions fall to chaos and their part in the HH. Supreme effort Graham