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Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion


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  On 9/16/2017 at 3:20 PM, LordValrak said:

 

  On 9/16/2017 at 1:39 PM, Sete said:

Just read it. A few nods to other author's work.

Enjoyable read overall.

 

Valdor mentioned at all?

 

 

 

As an significant past figure, along with "Diocletian Exemplar". The custodes POV character is a scholar. He's in a particularly tragic role as unlike most of the imperium, he knows enough to know how much knowledge they've lost. He inscribes his names on the inside of his armour but is quietly disturbed about the possibility/probability that he isn't doing it right or for the right reasons.

 

This is very good so far. Definitely taking and working through a lot of other authors' works. There's a reasonable digression on Terrans' cultural distrust of space marines, originally from William King's Wolfblade, but Wraight's high lord POV character qualifies it by noting that the common citizenry holds them as saints and demigods, it's largely the ruling class distrust the astartes.

 

The silent sister POV character has a great voice. Frank and embittered.

I've finished it. That's probably the fastest I've ever read a novel as I couldn't put it down.

 

Beautiful world building descriptions as expected.

 

Please don't open the spoilers unless you've read it. It will spoil the whole book.

 

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Also. The funniest bit that made me laugh out loud

 

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Well done Chris Wraight

  On 9/18/2017 at 1:59 AM, b1soul said:

Will be getting the LE of this if its Wraight's usual top notch quality.

I'm not a book critic but I enjoyed it.

It is narrated by the various protagonists, and the action switches between them, sometimes giving different perspectives about the same event.

 

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  On 9/16/2017 at 1:08 PM, Morovir said:

Very good so far. Looks nicely into the politics of the HLOT.

 

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Ahahaha - nice one. Hope

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:)

 

 

  On 9/18/2017 at 11:06 AM, Sete said:

 

  On 9/18/2017 at 1:59 AM, b1soul said:

Will be getting the LE of this if its Wraight's usual top notch quality.

I'm not a book critic but I enjoyed it.

It is narrated by the various protagonists, and the action switches between them, sometimes giving different perspectives about the same event.

 

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Well - we all know that Watchers would contain a lot of advertisement for the SoS and Custodes. Guess what - we where right :)

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  On 9/18/2017 at 11:06 AM, Sete said:

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A fanboy's dream come true...they are, after all, the Imperium's two most elite transhuman organisations

 

 

  On 9/18/2017 at 1:58 PM, Mellow said:

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They have to be right

 

No human, no matter how conditioned, could match an Astartes' strength and speed

  On 9/18/2017 at 1:58 PM, Mellow said:

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That's heresy. One of the good thing McNeil did in the 'TS' and Forge World in 'Inferno' - they shown how 'squashy' SoS are against SM.

 

SoS power - is in the null aura. They are not augmented superhumans - they can't fight in melee versus SM.

 

So here Chris overdid a bit. Though I know why - SoS need to sell themselves :biggrin.:

 

  On 9/18/2017 at 7:35 PM, Mellow said:

 

  On 9/18/2017 at 6:47 PM, Karthak said:

A question for those who have read the book:

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Affirmative.

 

Well - it seems that's how the book ends - right?

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