You've seen the immediate aftermath of Angron's recruitment into the Imperium in the short story 'After Desh'ea' – now Ian St. And as that's going on, youve got the World Eaters split in those that desire the nails to be like their father, and those who fear what the nails will do to the legion. The flashbacks of Angron’s childhood in the gladiator pits are truly awful and so upsetting to see how he was broken by the abuse he suffered.

And even the tiniest glimpse on the slave of Nuceria, before he became the Eater of Cities, of Worlds.Even with these new additions, his current self is given little more depth or detail beyond wanting to die; something already expressed in Betrayer. It also shows little glimpses of Angron's early life in the gladiatorial cages and it's not all murder/death/kill. By the way, the prologue and epilogue could be perfectly read as two short stories in their own right, since they demonstrate the very beginning and the very end of the 12th Legion’s transformation brought about by its Primarch.

It is truly heartbreaking to see the brotherhood and culture of War Hounds, knowing how they will end up once they accept the Nails. Other stories did similar things, such as Angel Exterminatus utilising many characters from Storm of Iron, but that worked as it did offer more depth and detail to each one, including a proper introduction. It’s also been interesting to follow the heated dispute of Centurions Mago and Khârn, regarding their father and the future of their Legion, both of them certain they know exactly which path would better suit their brothers.They employ the usual tactic since their Warhounds day by advancing on the enemy using the strategy of Roman Phalanx but found that the enemy is not a pushover as it seems, even if they are weaponless. Sadly, for me, this book did not have as much emotional impact as "Betrayer" had, but that was pretty impossible to beat, to be honest. I've been ranking each book in this series because they have been of such varying quality its been kind of fascinating. I've always felt for him, his tragic story, most unfair treatment by the Emperor, wasted potential, defective, wrong, irreversible damage.