Fall of Damnos
Space Marine Battles: A Warhammer 40,000 Novel
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4.0 • 45 Ratings
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Publisher Description
When Damnos is hit by cataclysmic earthquakes, an ancient force is awakened. Deep beneath the earth, the necrons rise from their slumber to decimate the human populace. All appears lost until salvation comes from the heavens – the Ultramarines brave an orbital bombardment to deploy their forces on Damnos, led by two legendary warriors – Captain Cato Sicarius and Chief Librarian Tigurius.
They are the planet's last, great hope against the remorseless alien foes, but tensions within their ranks threaten to derail victory. As battle rages on Damnos, and the Ultramarines seek to defeat their soulless enemies, Tigurius receives a terrible vision – a vision telling of the death of a hero...
Customer Reviews
Epic story, great use of background and imagery
Grand story of the Fall of Damnos as portrayed in the 5th edition Main Warhammer 40000 rulebook. The story is written from teh perspective of various sergeants of the second company and has intermittent flashbacks to better illuminate portions of their character.
The author portrays the culture of the space marines well and sheds new light on the machinations of the Necron forces including the inter-political struggles that are rarely seen or portrayed in other novels.
Highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to better understand the neuron forces or anyone looking for a thrilling sic-fi adventure in the 41st millennium.
Not worth the time or the money
Generic characters, generic action, and generic dialogue that cones make to make a poor narrative.
I couldn't bring myself to care for any of the Space Marine characters, and the are just too many of them with so little character building. You could swap any of them in the story, and you would hardly notice the difference. There was a subplot about a vehement dispute between two sergeants that tried to build up these two characters; but the payoff was nonexistent, and in the end just felt shoehorned in. Tigurius, in his role as the sagely mystic, was at least more flavorful as a character, though not actually all that much deeper. Sicarius, the aloof and invincible leader that readers can only admire from a distance, was outright unlikable.
I actually found myself more interested in the Necron courtiers, as scheming and crazed as they are. The human characters were likewise more interesting than the Marines, but being the secondary characters in a book about Space Marines, I feel there was a lot of misspent potential in them.
All in all, this book is for those who love their Ultramarines, or to serve as a reminder that Nick Kyme just isn't one of Black Library's strongest writers.
Fantastic book
This was my first read by this author and it was riveting. It was a great insight into the Necrons and a bit chilling at times. I was sneaking reads of this one while at work. It is one of my top ten warhammer 40K books.