The Iron Kingdom
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4.2 • 89 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Dawn of Fire Book 5
A depleted Battle Group Praxis returns the slain heir of Kamidar to the Knight world's ruling family – and its embittered ruler, the Iron Queen Orlah.
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Nick Kyme continues the story of the Indomitus Crusade, as a vicious feud breaks out on the Knight world of Kamidar – and the agents of Abaddon are only too happy to stoke the flames.
THE STORY
A war-weary Battle Group Praxis arrives at the Knight world of Kamidar, ruled by the Iron Queen Orlah, to return the queen's slain daughter and heir, who died in Guilliman's name. In truth, the Imperium's mission here is twofold: to strip Kamidar of its resources in order to resupply the flagging armada, and to prepare the Ironhold Protectorate to become part of the defensive Anaxian Line, a crucial bulwark for the Indomitus Crusade.
Yet Kamidar's Knights have survived for many years without the Imperium's aid, and what should have been a simple reunion between allies soon becomes a vicious feud. As division turns loyal souls against one another, the agents of Abaddon move in the shadows, seeking to manipulate this growing rift to their own ends. Can the Imperium restrain itself from laying an old ally asunder, or will the Hand of Abaddon arise triumphant, halting the Avenging Son's reclamation in its path?
Written by Nick Kyme
Customer Reviews
A Solid Story of Imperial Domination
Don’t listen to the reviews that say this is woke.
The only thing about this story that’s “woke” is the fact that the leader of a Knight World is a woman with dark skin, and that there are several points of view from other women throughout the story, which has neckbeards up in arms.
There are just as many viewpoints from men, and the only time gender and skin color is even mentioned is as a descriptor to differentiate between characters.
This is not a woke story. This is a story about what happens to Imperium-loyal worlds who are prosperous in an age where everyone else is struggling to survive. It’s a story about how the death of an entire world’s culture, its identity, as irrelevant compared to fueling Guilliman’s crusades, and how uncaring the Imperium is in exacting its tithes to fuel its war machine.
And, it’s a somewhat decent story about how Knight World defends itself from invasion.
This is NOT a perfect story by any means. It had its faults. But it is a decent story worth reading.
Moar Dawn of Fire please!
There was a point in the book where I couldn’t put it down. I read a full further 100 pages. That hasn’t happened in a while. I thought events would play out differently- they richly did not. We’ll done Nick. I love the background on the Kamidarians. Each side was presented with flaws, did unpleasant actions, but remained relatable. Even the Red Corsairs- first one of their leaders that I liked and that wasn’t a cartoon type character.
Wokehammer not warhammer
Spoilers
There wasn’t a compelling reason for any of the characters to make the decisions they did. In some 40k stories the reader gets a view of a unique setting in a vast universe at the trade off of there not being a major impact on the galaxy or key event in the overall story. This book starts to flesh out something different then devolves into an uninteresting mess.
With the previous books exposing the reader to the terrifying horrors of the ruinous powers it is impossible to care about a single grieving queen throwing a tantrum at the cost of her people’s lives only for the world to be subjugated anyways.
It was about half way through that I noticed the only characters left standing painted in a positive light were women while the male protagonists were either dead, crippled or made out to be incompetent and selfish.
There is no real climax or tipping point. Everything felt inevitable and plaid out shortly after the introduction.
I loved the series up to this point.