Dark Vengeance
A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
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3.9 • 11 Ratings
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- £2.99
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
n the grim darkness of the far future, mankind fights a desperate battle for survival amongst the stars. Foremost among its protectors are the Space Marines, genetically engineered superhumans, trained to be the ultimate warriors.
The Dark Angels are among the foremost Space Marines, the First Legion of old. Devastated millennia ago by a dreadful schism, the Dark Angels are constantly on the hunt for the mysterious Fallen, former brothers who have turned from the light of the immortal God-Emperor and embraced the dread powers of Chaos.
Newly ordained Company Master Balthasar of the Dark Angels leads his forces to the world of Bane’s Landing, the resting place of the ancient and powerful Hellfire Stone, in pursuit of the Chaos Space Marines of the Crimson Slaughter. Kranon the Relentless, the evil lord of the Crimson Slaughter, seeks to use the stone to summon forth his daemonic masters and usher in an age of darkness. As the Dark Angels race to stop him, the scene is set for a mighty conflict between the loyal Balthasar and the traitor Kranon.
Customer Reviews
Dark Vengeance
Do you like the boxed game? If so, you'll like this. If not, do you like Dark Angels? If not, don't bother with this one.
The book revolves around the characters in the boxed game, swapping from perspective to perspective, allowing new players to get an idea of how the various people in the box think and act, as well as providing some background.
The Cultist bits were well written, the Librarian was well written, and all the Chaos Marines were fantastically written.
However, it felt a bit restricted, since the author had to only write about the models in the box, so you end up with the threat facing the Dark Angels force being 7 Chaos Marines and a Dreadnought. Not only that, but a Cultist ambush of 10 chaps kills 2 Marines, which is very against nearly all other fluff.
But it's still a decent read.
Dark Vengeance
Awful. Simply the worst and most disappointing book I have read from the Black Library. Entirely written in the first person perspective, it reads like a secondary school level attempt at fiction. There is no real story here and no true character development. There is no explanation as to why the events taking place are happening or why we should care and the attempt to create motives for the central characters beyond the reasoning of good vs evil never comes together. Recommend reading Know No Fear instead which is a far better tale and speaks volumes as to the nature of super human space marines in an uncaring galaxy (and
it will last you 4 times as long and costs the same as this drivel).
Enjoyable
I ain't a strong reader books normally bore me after a while and never get them finished but I did enjoy this book it hooked me in till the end