wrestle with their Legion’s daemons (literally and figuratively), while even the Imperials and non-Astartes are bowed under the pressures of a galaxy becoming ever more bleak. Tonally it’s very dark as Magnus, Ahriman, Amon and co. It’s great to return to some iconic characters from earlier in the series (not just Thousand Sons, either), as well as a few who will be familiar to John French fans, and continue to explore the genuinely unique way that this Legion operates…but under very different circumstances to last time. The plot is deceptively complex, taking in a range of dark, warp-infused locations and putting the characters through the sort of semi-mythical, almost impossible situations that only a Heresy novel, and a Thousand Sons one at that, can offer. The premise is simple – the Thousand Sons are desperate to restore their Primarch while the Imperium seeks to stop them – but it’s told in a grand, expansive way with all the mystery and drama you’d expect from a Thousand Sons story.

Meanwhile Malcador sends his own warriors to deny Ahriman and the Thousand Sons their prizes. Magnus mourns the loss of so much knowledge from Prospero, but his sons fear for his fractured soul – while Ahriman seeks out ways to help his father, Amon remains at Magnus’ side, ever the faithful son. With Prospero sundered by the Wolves, the Thousand Sons are adjusting to life on the Planet of the Sorcerers, and their new status as outcasts. Black Library’s Horus Heresy series reaches book forty-four with The Crimson King by Graham McNeill, the long-awaited follow up to 2010’s A Thousand Sons.

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