Beginnings: A Blood Angel Novel
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Part horror thriller — part tender romance, Beginnings will leave readers wanting more! Click here to check out the Blood Angel Series on Facebook. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Apr 27, Dylan Murphy rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was an amazing novel. James Swallow has captured perfectly a few things that I feel other authors sometimes fail with.
Making the protagonists genuinely seem that they are going to lose. This novel had surprisingly little "plot armour" and I think it was all the better for it. A lot of the Black Library releases I have read are rather anti-climactic. The entire book is so fast paced and intense that the ending ends up feelings rushed. I did not feel that at all with this book, the clima This was an amazing novel. I did not feel that at all with this book, the climax of the novel was a small series of climaxes leading to a VERY satisfying ending.
I am eager to start the second omnibus, and I think everyone that likes the 40K or specifically the Blood Angels should read it. The only thing I didn't like about it was that I felt Warmaster Garand of the Word Bearers was not focused on enough, or near EVIL enough, though that may just be my love of chaos coming in! Also, the Angeles Appendix I believe it is called in the back of the book was really awesome to read. The fact that it gave tiny snippets of what happened to some characters after the book ended was very rewarding. Oct 02, Nick rated it really liked it. This omnibus collects two novels and a short story.
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Normally I'd review the novels separately, but they're basically two halves of the same tale, and if I had read the first novel by itself, I probably would have been pissed at the cliffhanger ending. I also don't know that I have much to say without giving away the first book's story.
Collected as a omnibus, the two novels work great; I have yet to read a bad James Swallow book, and the streak holds here. Swallow's villains are always more int This omnibus collects two novels and a short story. Swallow's villains are always more interesting than his heroes, and this omnibus stars a particularly loathsome piece of filth pitted against our somewhat forgettable heroes. I don't want to say much more except that this falls into solid good-not-great territory; it's a easy recommend for W40k fans, but if you're not familiar with the setting, I'd recommend Swallow's excellent Fear to Tread first, which covers the same chapter of Space Marines and serves as a very nice introduction.
Jul 19, Ding Ong rated it liked it Shelves: I borrowed this book from a friend of mine who collect Warhammer40k books with much zeal. I myself am i fan of the universe of Warhammer40k and was kind of looking forward to this book. The Blood Angels are a special breed of Astartes in which they have a bane, the black rage. Warriors who have fallen to the black rage will find themselves reliving as their primarch and lose control of themselves. These warriors would then be placed into a special group lead by a chaplain to strike deep into ene I borrowed this book from a friend of mine who collect Warhammer40k books with much zeal.
These warriors would then be placed into a special group lead by a chaplain to strike deep into enemy lines, unleashing their uncontrollable bloodlust upon the enemy. This book was interesting in the case where we explore how each Blood Angel space marine struggle with their bloodlust and helplessly watch as their fellow brothers fall to the black rage. Main story wise it was just like a spacemarine book. Rather straightforward and packed with gore and action.
I experienced the same problem of being bored by the details of gore and action after reading through them several times over the whole book. Nov 04, Zare rated it really liked it.
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Blood Angels, one of the first founding Space Marines outfits, are a very strange breed of Space Marines. Suffering from uncontrollable rage attacks sort of a gene imposed disease of sorts that they constantly fight to keep under control although it eventually destroys them they are what you may call the Vampires - both in appearance and in extremely violent and blood-thirsty behavior. But nevertheless when one considers that this storyline takes place in war-torn apocalyptic post-Heresy peri Blood Angels, one of the first founding Space Marines outfits, are a very strange breed of Space Marines.
But nevertheless when one considers that this storyline takes place in war-torn apocalyptic post-Heresy period I find it refreshing to have all Space Marines portrayed as human beings with their doubts and fears. Story is based around the plot of Chaos led Space Marines to corrupt the Blood Angels and eventually all chapters that were created on the basis of the original Sanguinus' Legion and bring them to the "dark-side" so to speak.
Nov 11, Owen McClintic rated it really liked it. This was my dive into the 40k universe -other than the PC games- and I really enjoyed the book. So much so that I have already pre-ordered the next Blood Angels Omnibus. This book is not for anyone expecting Ray Bradbury level SciFi. Just dive in and disappear for awhile. The characters, settings and back stories are very interesting. I also found myself rooting not only for the heros but also for This was my dive into the 40k universe -other than the PC games- and I really enjoyed the book.
I also found myself rooting not only for the heros but also for the antagonists. Aug 01, Chris Thomas rated it really liked it Shelves: I found this book to be highly enjoyable with plenty of action and intrigue. It was definitely on par with his best and probably most well known novel The Flight of the Eisenstein. What I liked the most was how he goes about describing the nature of Chaos and also how Psykers use their powers. I'm not sure if the book is suitable for non-fans of the universe. However, I would recommend it as the first port of call for anyone looking for their first 40k novel to read as it is one of the best exa I found this book to be highly enjoyable with plenty of action and intrigue.
However, I would recommend it as the first port of call for anyone looking for their first 40k novel to read as it is one of the best examples of this genre. Oct 14, Chase rated it really liked it Shelves: This book was great! This is my first book by James Swallow. I loved how there is absolutely non-stop action. The beginning of the two stories is on the planet Cybelle. The two Blood Angels are Rafen and Arkio.
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One of these two is supposed to be a direct relation to Sanguinius. That is the Blood Angel primarch. The second story is actually about how the brothers are set apart, and they end up fightin This book was great! The second story is actually about how the brothers are set apart, and they end up fighting against eachother.
It turns out that Arkio is the spirtual son. Jan 15, Oliver Eike rated it really liked it Shelves: This is the book i would recommend reading for people wanting to get into the Warhammer 40k lore, however some of the language would make it not the best book for someone that is absolutely blank on W40k, but its definitely one of the best. I just love the language James Swallow used in the fights scenes, it made the fights far more alive compared to many other fight scenes that i have read, more Dec 10, JMAW rated it it was amazing.
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AND he was a supporting player in this two part epic! Apr 24, Adyson Richards rated it it was amazing. Jul 23, Roy rated it liked it. If books were food, this little gem would be a great big Snickers bar. You can't eat fillet mignon and sushi every day. Sometimes mass quantaties of space marines killing the shit out of everything hits the spot.
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