Just quite a dull book. I think you could just read a short summary and get everything you need without having wasted a few hours on a extremely mediocre book.

I enjoyed the non-combat aspects of the novel, they were nice to to read and interesting. Bit sad that a solid third (if not more) of the story was dedicated to combat, of course if you like that you'll probably think this story is better than I did.

Very solid story, normally I don't like the stories from the perspective of Primarchs but this one was nice.

Starts of slower than I enjoyed, but it got better towards the end. The prose was good, small pity the book could have been shorter as there were several parts which ultimately felt unnecessary.

I'm still quite early in my reading journey of the Horus Heresy (and Warhammer stories in general), but this was one of the first times I've truly felt like the Emperor is a villain. The hypocrisy and cherry picking was done very well.

The way the book was structured was sometimes a bit disruptive, but I did enjoy learning more about the origins of Lorgar.

Story doesn't do the synopsis justice, a lot more bolter action and a lot less intrigue then you'd expect. The Alpha Legion loses a lot of its unique character in this story and they seem more akin to other basic legions. Just felt disappointed with this story.

Certainly not the best written novel in the Horus Heresy, especially the first part. The second part got significantly better and more engaging and enjoyable though. The first part suffered from too many too similar perspectives and especially the dialogue and descriptive aspects of the story being mediocre at best.