Legion (7) (The Horus Heresy)

Man this was an awesome read! I read this book in 4 days or was that good!! Thank you, Dan!!

Here I was expecting just another installment of the Horus Heresy saga, military SF at its finest ... and all of a sudden a John le Carre novel broke out.... Dan Abnett never disappoints. Great characters, a fiendishly complicated plot with mysterious twists and turns, and an ambiguous cliffhanger of an ending leaving the reader with a feeling of unresolved dramatic tension and suspenseful dread.

It's pretty good. It's not near as exciting as the first six books but for a totally separate story, it's decent. As always, Dan Abnett wraps up everything very nicely in the last 15 pages. I'm not a Alpha Legion fan, but for those who are, they will enjoy it. 7.5\10

Slow-rolling, spy-movie first half EXPLODES into action in the second half. A great way to explore the Alpha Legion from a human POV.

I liked the plot twist near the end and I like how the alpha legion acts very differently to the other legions

The most unnecessary and obtuse spy story ever. Alpha Legion pointlessly uses lies when the truth would do. Manipulating the Imperial Army through deception and subterfuge when they’re already above it in the chain of command, the Alpha Legion shows us why they’re the most tedious of the Astartes legions. Still, it’s who they are and the novel demonstrates that well. The best parts of the novel come from the characterizations of the Geno Five-Two Chiliad. The genetically modified grunts caught in the crossfire of a power struggle between the Alpha Legion and the 670th Expedition’s Lord Commander. John Grammaticus and the Cabal are introduced. Like the Alpha Legion, they orchestrate complex plots within plots when they could have simply sent an email to explain their point. This book is for anyone that wants to know more about the Alpha Legion or wants a Space Marine story told not from the perspective of the space marines themselves, but from the regular humans that have to put up with them.

A little harder to get into at first because all the new words I believe the author made up. English is not my first language so I cannot be sure lol. But definitely one of the more suspenseful so far.

Legion sets up an incredible tale of deceit and conflict, with a large amount of character development and familiarization before the action truly kicks off. Definitely a deserving tale for the Alpha Legion.

Making my way through the Heresy and this is my favourite so far. Very well written, exciting. Not like anything else WH that I’ve read.

Great read. The Alpha legion is badass and so is this book!

Dan Abnett does it again with his intriguing dialogue and masterful skill of description in bringing the reader into this world. Well done. Loved it.

i was not a fan of spy and covert ops novels but this one changed it. i read this just in 2 days because it is that good.

A nice little imperial guard novel, not sure why there is an ultramarine on the cover but hey, he does look cool.