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Medusan Wings by Matt Westbrook

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I saw a review that opened with the uncontroversial statement that Black Library do stories and they do commercials. That review was for my very own Cold Blood. Medusan Wings certainly falls into the former camp, but as that earlier reviewer was kind enough to note, existing for the sole purpose of selling a model doesn't mean it can't also be a great story. Medusan Wings falls into that camp too.

It involves an Iron Hands techmarine (they have techmarines now, catch up) recently returned from his training on Mars and immediately thrown into action defending a Mechanicus forgeworld from an ork invasion. This he does from the cockpit of a stormraven before upgrading to something more meaty, and the aerial combat scenes are all done well and exciting to read. They buddy with up some Vostroyans on the ground, there's some Mechanicus meddling (isn't there always!), and there's enough of a look at the Iron Hands' culture and customs to keep the fluff fans satisfies, but air combat is what this novella is all about and on that point it certainly hits its mark



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