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"Best so far", If you're wondering if Dan Abnett lives up to Horus Rising, wonder no longer. This could be the best of all the Horus Heresy series. It is a mysterious and engaging novel, definitely worth a read.

"A short review", I will keep this short, to do anything else would be to risk revealing to much of the plot. As other reviewers have mentioned this book concerns itself with the secretive Alpha Legion and their human followers, or subjects (depending on how you look at it I suppose). The book is one fo the best in the series so far and for me had perhaps the best ending of them all.

"a really good book", this is a good book to give your teenagers . to make them read more the rest of there lifes .

"A different perspective to freshen the series", Legion is the first book in the Horus Heresy series that is not centered either on the perspective of a future Space Marine or current Space Marine. The story is told from the perspective of an Imperial Army detachment, created very similarly to the Space Marines.

Like most most reviewers have stated, this book does get off to a slow start, but that is only because this book introduces new terms that are specific to the this Imperial Army detachment. There isn't any straight forward explanation for the new terms, so the reader pretty much has to figure it out as they go. Dan Abnett does help the reader out along the way, just not immediately. Once the reader's got the terms' meanings down, there is nothing else hindering the reader's comprehension.

Legion has alot to do with duplicity as it does with straight forward action scenes. The action scenes are few and far between but the events between the battles will keep any reader coming back for more. I highly recommend this book for readers of the Horus Heresy series and for Warhammer 40k fans alike.

"Slow start, fast finish", I agree with several reviewers who say the book starts out slowly. I had this book waiting for me when I returned from a tour overseas and immediately started reading, only to put it down about two chapters in. I admit that I was disappointed, as it was not a typical Dan Abnett story which normally begins with a quick and furious pace. I was intrigued by the setting- a desolate planet called Nurth, target of the 670th Expeditionary Fleet, led by Lord General Namatjira, a martinet whose success, like many weak but overly ambitious commanders, had been secured through the skill and blood of his subordinate units and their leadership.

I resolved to pick the book up a few days ago and give it another try, and it did not disappoint as the story went beyond what has become the norm for most of the Horus Heresy books: the descent of the Legiones Astartes into the depths of Chaos and their ultimate betrayal of the Emperor of Mankind.

Other reviewers have discussed the book's strengths and weaknesses effectively enough, so I will just say that despite the slow start, Abnett recovers well and finishes with a flourish. I must say that I did not see the ending coming, and the Alpha Legion's reasons for joining with Warmaster Horus Lupercal are the stuff of what Abnett's great writing and imagination brings to the series. He's does well with his depiction of the Imperial Guard units, and I think his work with the Gaunt's Ghosts series serves him well. I also found his take on the Alpha Legion interesting and compelling; they are one of the traitor legions that little is known about, but after reading this book, you'll have a greater perspective and depth of knowledge about the legion and its primarch, Alpharius (not to mention the neat twist Abnett throws in about the primarch that I won't spoil here).

While a good book for the series, I don't feel it is 5-star worthy, but is nonetheless a worthwhile read. I like it infinitely better than the previous book in the series, "Descent of Angels", but is not quite as good as Abnett's first book in the series "Horus Rising", or Ben Counter's "Galaxy In Flames."

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"One of, if not, the best in HH Series", This is a really great book. The 'two' stories are intertwined perfectly. DA hints just enough at the AL to make you want more and more.

Their tactics are so entirely different from all other legions, it really makes you wonder if the Emperor had created more legions, that they may have followed the AL lead.

A must read for any HH, AL or 40K fan, as it sets the ground work for the apocalyptic final HH.

"Decent pulp but for Warhammer fans only", No one doubts that Abnet is the best of Games Workshop's stable of writers. He routinely delivers solid action stories with a good dose of fresh ideas, coined words, and solid characters.

Legion is no exception to his run, a good book to read on a plane or during a long commute.

One warning, if you're not up on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000AD game, and not into the minue of Space Marine chapters, the great crusade etc you'll be lost.

"Action for the Thinking Man", This book is the second foray by veteran Black Library author Dan Abnett in the Horus Heresy series, and the seventh book in that series overall. His other efforts include works concerning the Imperial Guard (the Gaunt's Ghost series) and the Inquisition (both the Eisenhorn and Ravenor novels). Set in Games Workshop's rich, gothic Warhammer 40,000 (40K) setting, it benefits from 20 years of accumulated canon and imagination. This novel tells the tale of the 20th Space Marine Legion, the Alpha Legion, its Primarch Alpharius, and its network of operatives and spies.

Unlike most of the other Horus Heresy Novels, this one does not use the Marines as the primary point of view. Instead we see the tale through the eyes of members of the Imperial Army, primarily members of Geno Five-Two Chiliad, genetically engineered warriors left over from the Emperor's unification of Earth, essentially primitive prototypes for the mighty Space Marines. Peto Soneka, a "het" (translation: Captain) for one of their units is the most compelling character, but he's joined by a host of others that have equally believable abilities and motivations. Writing interesting characters has always been one of Abnett's strong points.

The beginning, usually one of Abnett's strongest points, stumbles in this novel due to an excess of odd terms that aren't easily defined by context. Where he usually weaves a compelling and immersive setting early on, it's difficult to maintain suspension of disbelief when you're wracking your brain in an attempt to figure out what some obtuse term actually means.

Fortunately he settles down into his typical excellent pacing after the first two or three chapters, and his action writing is as strong as ever. By the time you've gotten a third of the way into the book, you've forgotten the ragged beginning and can't wait to get to the next chapter. Particularly compelling is the view of the Marines of the Alpha Legion through human eyes. They retain their mystery and ability to inspire awe throughout, unlike some of the other books of this series. He really captures the intrigue, deception, and pragmatism of the Legion and mirrors it in many situations throughout the novel.

The climax and ending, typically one of Abnett's great weaknesses, works far better in this case than most of his other plots. It's not flawless, but as the deceptions within deceptions begin to unravel, the final choices are both interesting and unexpected. To say anything more might spoil the fun!

In short: if you can make it through the first few chapters, the rest of the work is well worth the price of admission, and is a refreshing change from the typical grind of "Legion goes bad except for a few good guys who try to fight the tide" that is typical of the other Horus Heresy books. Highly recommended for 40K fans, and still worth a look from general sci-fi readers.

"Churning Them Out", I started reading Warhammer novels with the Horus Heresy. I'm a big fan of the first three books. However since the third novel the books have been on a downward trend. That trend continues with Legion. The plot seems cobbled together, the bevy of protagonists presented are confusing and un-sypathetic characters, and the plot twist at the end is so bizarre it casts doubt over the entire warhammer universe.

I sincerely hope the authors quit dragging this out in an apparent effort to continue revenue and get back to the roots of the Horus Heresy.

"Abnett outfoxes himself", *** PLOT SPOILER ALERT ***

Abnett is, as one other reviewer says, the best author that GW has in the Black Library talent pool. It's really no contest - his opening works in the Eisenhorn series are still without peer. He's got a feeling for characters and atmospherics that few authors out there can match. This book is a joy to read for aficionados of the 31st Millennium created by GW and BL. That's why I give it three stars despite the following criticisms.

The problem, however, one of execution: LEGION is really two books jammed together and the flow suffers because no one on the BL editing staff caught that tangle. Book A is a study of life in the pre-Heresy Imperial Army, and Book B revolves around the efforts of the Cabal to influence the Alpha Legion. Book A, however, has almost nothing to do with Book B, save for a few characters forced to form that bridge between the two. And these links are demonstrably artificial - a gaffe absent in Abnett's other works.

Book B is fascinating, and the twist at the end with the two paths laid out for Alpharius is a real treat -- it's far more subtle than most BL plot lines. But it left me wondering what the point of all the chapters on the Imperial Army had to do with anything.

The early books of the Horus Heresy series - to include Abnett's own HORUS RISING - made a dedicated effort to showcase the Space Marines while also using them as the vehicle for the plot. In LEGION, the Alpha Legion seems sinister and evil -- a conclusion that trades more on the fact that we all know they turn traitor than any actual deed in the book itself. So their secrecy comes off heavy handed - we never get any insight into why the Chapter behaves the way it does. At the end of the book, the reader is just as ignorant of their motives as before, save for some cliches about pragmatism. The contrast between the 'not going to tell you' approach of LEGION and the insightful works on the Dark Angels, Emperor's Children, and Luna Wolves is both marked and unsatisfying.

Book B is the real story we all paid to read. Instead, we read chapter after chapter on Imperial Army units - chapters that don't really move the plot at all. Book A has already been written by Abnett - the Ghost series - and I wonder if he didn't fall back on his comfort zone when looking for filler in LEGION.

And I reject the argument that LEGION was deliberately written to be secretive; that that somehow is the essence of the Chapter. Rather, I think the book we wanted to read just didn't get written.

So if you pick up a copy of LEGION, save yourself some reading and simply turn to the last three chapters, and read those.