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The Age of Darkness (Volume 16) Mass Market Paperback – April 26 2011
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After the betrayal at Isstvan, Horus begins his campaign against the Emperor, a galaxy-wide war that can lead only to Terra. But the road to the final confrontation between father and son is a long one – seven years filled with secrecy and silence, plans and foundations being formed across distant stars. An unknown history is about to be unveiled as light is shed on the darkest years of the Horus Heresy, and revelations will surface that will shake the Imperium to its very foundation...
- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGames Workshop
- Publication dateApril 26 2011
- Dimensions10.64 x 2.54 x 17.15 cm
- ISBN-101849700370
- ISBN-13978-1849700375
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- Publisher : Games Workshop
- Publication date : April 26 2011
- Language : English
- Print length : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1849700370
- ISBN-13 : 978-1849700375
- Item weight : 204 g
- Dimensions : 10.64 x 2.54 x 17.15 cm
- Book 16 of 54 : The Horus Heresy
- 鶹 Rank: #432,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,472 in Space Opera
- #4,534 in Military Science Fiction (Books)
- #6,900 in Adventure Science Fiction (Books)
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About the authors
James Swallow is a New York Times, Sunday Times and 鶹 bestselling author, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominee, a former journalist and the award-winning writer of over sixty books, along with numerous scripts for video games, radio and television.
His Marc Dane novels are fast-paced action thrillers featuring a former MI6 field officer turned private security operative; NOMAD is the first in the series, published in the US by Forge. DARK HORIZON, his new stand-alone thriller, is out now from Welbeck; OUTLAW, the 6th Marc Dane novel, is published by Bonnier, and the 4th book in the series - SHADOW - is available in the USA from Forge.
John French is an award winning script writer, novelist, and games designer. He has written sixteen novels over a nearly two decades long career, notably the Ahriman series and Horusian Wars trilogies set in the dystopian far future of Warhammer 40,000, and five novels in the New York Times Bestselling The Horus Heresy series, most recently with The Solar War. His other work includes cosmic horror in the Lord of Nightmares Trilogy from Fantasy Flight Publishing, and detective fiction in The Last Visitor in Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes from Titan Books (writing as Stephen Henry). In 2018 he won a Scribe Award for Best Audio with the audio drama Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies.
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- Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2019Verified PurchaseLoved all Warhammer books so far ! Book arrived fast and in perfect condition. Note that this one is a few short stories, kind of a filler book but still the stories are great so worth buying !
- Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2021Verified PurchaseI love the little stories that add to the universe
- Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2014Great short stories, they bring light to some questions of the Hersey, however, they are also leaving me with wanting more!!
- Reviewed in Canada on September 30, 2011This is an excellent collection of short stories, each one doing well to paint a picture of what it was like during the beginning of the days of the Heresy. A good point in the series and worth the read.
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Timo BarkhauReviewed in Germany on May 22, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Schnelle uns einwandfreie Lieferung.
Verified PurchaseSchnelle Lieferung in einwandfreiem Zustand. Das Buch selbst ist wie die meisten Horus Heresy Bücher super geschrieben und ein vergnügen zu lesen.
- Francis Casteliogne.Reviewed in Australia on April 24, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book.
Verified PurchaseA collection of short stories, one of which was about a small group of Iron Warriors that remained loyal to the Emperor and fought against their own legion which i thoroughly enjoyed.
Another was about Konrad duelling the Lion, which again was very good. All round it was an excellent book.
- Magic DreamsReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2011
5.0 out of 5 stars For The Fans
Verified PurchaseWhat you get out of Age of Darkness depends a lot on whether you have read all the other books in the series, and how much you remember from them.
Some people have criticised this because it does not cover the 10 year road to Terra that the Age of Darkness refers to in Warhammer history.
10 years in one paperback was never going to happen.
What we get instead is a collection of short stories that do, for those who know their Heresy, serve to throw some light on the events of that period - after all we can safely assume Games Workshop hasn't given up on further stories from this time period.
For instance, one story tells of how the remnants of one of the traitor legions remain loyal to Emperor and end up playing a vital role in the final part of the Heresy on Earth itself.
Another illuminates the doubts and fears of one of Horus' closest brothers.
The Sons of Horus betray their own, a desperate attempt to trap the Warmaster, Alpha Legion spies...... it goes on. Snippets of information that fill in the gaps of what is known, that mesh with aspects of previous books, to flesh out the history of the darkest time imaginable in the 40K universe.
The Last Remembrancer is perplexing, and will probably not be what the reader expects. In terms of plot points it delivers very little.
Oh, one last thing....Dark Angels. And hints that the role of the Ultramarines - that current 40K mythology places as being unable to reach Earth in time to effect the Siege of Terra or play much role in the Heresy beyond their battles with the Word Bearers - was far greater than known. Their Primarch has a plan....
- A. Nonimowse.Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Good collection of Heresy era short stories
Verified Purchase"Age of Darkness" is a collection of short stories that occur during the middle of the Heresy. I have enjoyed the book, as a whole, and think it is a good representation of the authors featured within. Some of the other collections had definite swings -- some stories good, some slow and not so great. This book has been pretty even keel through out... with one exception.
The Iron Within.
What an utterly fantastic short story. That story, alone, is worth the price of admission.
"The Iron Within" really is the darling of the entire book. I'm not sure that I've read anything else by Rob Sanders, the author, but I will say that his writing does the Warhammer 40,000 universe justice. He presents a grim and dark, yet heroic and epic vision of the events in his story. He covers similar basic ground as many of the other authors but goes about it with a completely different feel. The combination of his pacing, character design, and imagery just brings the entire story right to life. Not repetitive, not unimaginative, not stale... I love the Warhammer 40,000 books but if you've read enough of them you'll know what I mean. I just want to babble about all the excellent aspects of the story, but I don't want to spoil any of it.
Between the general quality of the stories contained within, and the shining star, "The Iron Within", I felt this was a great book to read.
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Stefano FioriniReviewed in Italy on January 13, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars wow
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