Fallen Angels (Horus Heresy)

by Mike Lee

Book Overview

Book eleven in the New York Times bestselling series With news of Horus's treachery spreading across the galaxy, the Great Crusade grinds to a halt as the primarchs and their Legions decide where... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844167291
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Games Workshop
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

Horus Heresey

Good exciting series. All realted, but books can be read as a stand alone book.

Great Series, suck endings.

I have come to really enjoy this series. It has great action and intrigue. Fantastic science fiction. The only problem that I have with this series is the struggle between good and evil. If you are a Warhammer 40000 fan, you already know how the future ends up. These books just fill in the details, but all the scheming and betrayal hits a real sore spot with me. I am in the military and I can understand the brotherhood that is built between squad mates and a fighting unit. I would highly recommend any Sci-fi nut to get into the series.

Duty or Loyalty? You have to choose one.

Great book by one of Black Library regular contributor - Mike Lee. Revisiting the characters of the 6th volume Descent of Angels, their experiences changes them a bit, but that was expected: 150 years passed (the main events of this book are in the 200th year of the crusade), brother librarian Zahariel went with Luther to Caliban in disgrace (with the job of training new recruits) while the chaplain...sorry...the redemptor Nemiel continues the glorious crusade side by side with the powerful primarch Lion El'Johnson. Some mysterious events of the previous books are revealed, including the hedious danger that lies in Caliban. The Primarch El'Jonhson is a military genius and a great warrior, but he isn't perfect - all primarchs have flaws! The Zahariel/Luther plot leads to a terrible choice between their loyalty to the emperor or the duty to their people...what will they choose? In the the Nemiel plot, El'Johnson sends an advance force to foil the plans of the warmaster in a dangerous gambit where speed is of essence and that can determine the outcome of the war. With great battles on space, land and the characters souls, this book is an extremely valuable addition to the series. It deserves the 5 stars for the plot, the characters and the great "chess" players that are the strategists of this war (what a finale! Bravo).

Absolutely amazing.

I am perhaps Mike Lee's harshest critic. If you do a Google search on "Longest and Harshest review of Wolf's Honor" you'll find what I thought of his last foray into Warhammer 40,000. Yet even I could not hate upon this book. It is absolutely brilliant. The descriptions are amazing, the plot is intriguing (and filled with intrigue :P), the characters are far more lifelike than the stuff that Mitchel Scanlon tried to force-feed us. What's more, Mike Lee has paid attention to the fact that, despite what Black Library Editors think is their target audience, a great deal of the Black Library fanbase is filled with scientists who enjoy a bit of realism in their novels. This book, in my not-so-humble opinion, is up there with William King's works and begins to approach the levels of greatness of the likes of Ian Watson and Barrington J. Bayley (RIP). If Mike Lee is allowed to write more novels, then I see a new era of greatness to the badly tarnished Horus Heresy series.

4.5 stars!

Mostly set in the 200th year of the Emperor's Great Crusade. On Caliban civil war erupts. Many strive to break from Imperial rule. Brother-Librarian Zahariel and his men, under orders from El'Jonson's second-in-command (Luther), fight almost nonstop. An evil taint seems to suffuse parts of the planet itself. Roots and vines seethe with corruption of an awful, otherworldly sentience. Meanwhile in the stars, Lion El'Jonson believes that Warmaster Horus will attempt to take the fully-operational forge within the Tanagra system. He sends a small, hand-picked force to the keep the wealth of Diamat out of Horus's hands. Brother-Redemptor Nemiel (cousin of Zahariel) and Brother-Sergeant Kohl lead this force. However, El'Jonson knows of another reason the Warmaster is interested in Diamat. ***** FOUR AND A HALF STARS! This is the sequel to book six, Descent of Angels. Unless you read it first, you may find yourself lost in this story. Events basically pick up where Descent of Angels left off. (Zahariel and Luther land on Caliban after El'Jonson sent them away.) The author had to show what was happening on Caliban, as well as in the Crusade, and he did an admirable job of it! Zahariel and Nemiel are cousins. Zahariel is on Caliban with Luther. Nemiel is with El'Jonson in space. I found it very interesting to see how the author juggled the two similar men and how the battles end up shaping each. This well crafted story will keep your attention and perhaps give you a few surprises as well. ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.