Mickaël Dias da Rocha’s Reviews > Dawn of Defiance: Manus Dei Chronicles Book 1 > Status Update

Yeah that’s the warhammer 40k feel I like. Valyrie’s pov is much more interesting to me. It has that scale effect without the bro stuff. Daniel’s pov looks more like a Gears of War mood.

I think it’s just the Daniel storyline that I don’t like.
Lazarus and Atrione are fine, Ivan is the best. Jonah, Dinah and Valyrie are kinda on the side.

Wow Ivan is my guy. That part was so Gundam, evangelion, akira coded I hyper focused.
That’s what is so good on those patchwork narratives. You are bound to hate some parts and absolutely love others.

This made me want to play 13th sentinels aegis rim again…

Well the hope part was really unnecessary.

I'm actually so split. I shouldn't do this but I am thinking about what it could have been without the "bro coded" tones.

It could have been the perfect mixture of Blame and the Leftovers. In the void of space the exploration of Megastructures of the mind while fighting for a profund metaphysical revolution.
It already is that for most of the book. I'm just being a bit unfair.