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Warhammer 40,000
Крестовый поход Махариуса
На заре сорок первого тысячелетия лорд солар Махариус и его огромные армии отправляются отвоевывать тысячи миров. Лишь Махариусу, с его непреклонной волей, целеустремленностью и опытом военачальника, под силу возглавить предприятие такого размаха, как Крестовый поход, подобного которому не видели с темных дней Ереси. Однако бессчетные баталии ненасытны, они пожирают людей и ресурсы, и вскоре даже доверенные генералы и советники Махариуса начинают сомневаться в осуществимости столь изнурительной кампании, кажущейся бесконечной. Фронт растянулся вдоль звезд, по тысяче миров. Удастся ли Махариусу сохранить единство сил, или Крестовый поход бесславно сгинет в огне? В состав сборника включены все три романа и рассказ саги «Крестовый поход Махариуса».
848 pages, Hardcover
Published February 1, 2018
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December 17, 2017
I really enjoyed this series. You really learn to care about the characters, and there is great growth over time. Relationships are complicated and deep. There is also great WH40k fights.
Easy to recommend. 3 novels at a great price. King truly is a very good writer.
Easy to recommend. 3 novels at a great price. King truly is a very good writer.
October 21, 2020
At first, the reading positively impressed me. A veteran of the Macharian Crusade, who reflects on his past, in a grim and dark setting, tells the story. The protagonist and his friends are underdogs in a world entirely bent on bureaucratic oppression, where the rich and criminal thrive on the masses.
When confronted with a wrong, the characters stood up for the victim. Given the might of local criminal organizations, they had to find a way out, choosing to join the Imperial Army. So far, their actions were reasonable and I felt sympathy for their lot in life. I also enjoyed the setting on a bleak and gloomy factory world.
Then it all changed quite abruptly. The narrative skips a few years of Guardsmen training and fighting. Gone was the underdog and survivalist. Instead, I felt myself listening to a shell of iron and plasteel, driven by a ghost who had long ago resigned himself to circumstances and the chain of command. A ghost who relies entirely on the confidence and faith of others, but with none of his own.
I felt his resignation the most in his brief but frequent monologs on fatality. All is lost; all is insane; we have failed; and so on. He only keeps on fighting because he got nothing better to do on the one hand, and because he is told to do so by his superiors on the other. In my eyes, that makes him a drone and one hard to listen to.
The plot itself is interesting enough, and I may keep on reading over a very long time with many breaks. Nevertheless, for the reason of a fatalistic narrator, who is talking directly to me in his demotivated way, this book became a DNF for me.
When confronted with a wrong, the characters stood up for the victim. Given the might of local criminal organizations, they had to find a way out, choosing to join the Imperial Army. So far, their actions were reasonable and I felt sympathy for their lot in life. I also enjoyed the setting on a bleak and gloomy factory world.
Then it all changed quite abruptly. The narrative skips a few years of Guardsmen training and fighting. Gone was the underdog and survivalist. Instead, I felt myself listening to a shell of iron and plasteel, driven by a ghost who had long ago resigned himself to circumstances and the chain of command. A ghost who relies entirely on the confidence and faith of others, but with none of his own.
I felt his resignation the most in his brief but frequent monologs on fatality. All is lost; all is insane; we have failed; and so on. He only keeps on fighting because he got nothing better to do on the one hand, and because he is told to do so by his superiors on the other. In my eyes, that makes him a drone and one hard to listen to.
The plot itself is interesting enough, and I may keep on reading over a very long time with many breaks. Nevertheless, for the reason of a fatalistic narrator, who is talking directly to me in his demotivated way, this book became a DNF for me.
February 12, 2019
Really loved the book(s)! It was a nice reference to Kings ”later” saga about Ragnar Blackmane too. As in reading about a young to be great wolf Logan Grimnar. Exciting stories and some good battles, nice to read about driving a baneblade too.
October 31, 2019
Long but good read all three books in one good value Omnibus is the best first 40k book read good for a first 40k read.
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