drwilko's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
itcamefromthepage's review
dark
reflective
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
An eclectic mix of short stories with all of them being very enjoyable.
trackofwords's review against another edition
4.0
2014 has been a bumper year for the Horus Heresy. We've seen the 29th and 30th books in the series released, Vengeful Spirit and Damnation of Pythos respectively, as well as a goodly number of novellas, anthologies, audio dramas and short stories. Now, on the one hand many Black Library fans are the kind of people who in the interests of completion will buy any new story as soon as it's made available, while on the other hand many fans are unwilling or unable to fork out vast sums of money for limited edition releases, or just can't get their head around audio dramas. If you're Black Library, what do you do? How do you cater to both sets of fans? Well with Legacies of Betrayal sneaking in just before the end of the year to make it 31 in the series, it looks like you release as much as you can in as many different formats as you can, then bring out an anthology that collects a bunch of those stories together in one place.
Read the rest of the review at http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/legacies-of-betrayal-black-library-anthology/
Read the rest of the review at http://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/legacies-of-betrayal-black-library-anthology/
echotechne's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
civreader's review
4.0
Disappointed to discover how many of the stories included I already had, but they're all good, so if you haven't been getting to short stories and/or audio dramas, then there will be a lot to like in here. A couple were too short and, perhaps, not well thought-out enough to make much of an impression. Out of the shortest, the best were Aaron DB's and Anthony Reynolds's - the latter' was a perfect example of doing masses with very little. Impressed.
camellia's review
3.0
Serpent by John French - 2/5
Hunter's Moon by Guy Haley - 1/5
Veritas Ferrum by David Annandale - 5/5
Strike and Fade by Guy Haley - 4/5
Honour To The Dead by Gav Thorpe - 5/5, wow!!
Butcher's Nails by Aaron Dembski-Bowden - 5/5
Warmaster by John French - 5/5
Kryptos by Graham McNeill - 3/5
Wolf's Claw by Chris Wraight - 1/5
Thief of Revelations by Graham McNeill - 3/5
The Divine Word by Gav Thorpe - 3/5
Lucius: The Eternal Blade by Graham McNeill - 2/5
Kharn: The Eightfold Path by Anthony Reynolds - 5/5
Cypher: Guardian of Order by Gav Thorpe - 1/5
Heart of the Conqueror by Aaron Dembski-Bowden - 5/5
Censure by Nick Kyme - 4/5
Lone Wolf by Chris Wraight - 3/5
Hunter's Moon by Guy Haley - 1/5
Veritas Ferrum by David Annandale - 5/5
Strike and Fade by Guy Haley - 4/5
Honour To The Dead by Gav Thorpe - 5/5, wow!!
Butcher's Nails by Aaron Dembski-Bowden - 5/5
Warmaster by John French - 5/5
Kryptos by Graham McNeill - 3/5
Wolf's Claw by Chris Wraight - 1/5
Thief of Revelations by Graham McNeill - 3/5
The Divine Word by Gav Thorpe - 3/5
Lucius: The Eternal Blade by Graham McNeill - 2/5
Kharn: The Eightfold Path by Anthony Reynolds - 5/5
Cypher: Guardian of Order by Gav Thorpe - 1/5
Heart of the Conqueror by Aaron Dembski-Bowden - 5/5
Censure by Nick Kyme - 4/5
Lone Wolf by Chris Wraight - 3/5
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