I hope the list can forgive this one - it's a little off-topic for the
lis=
t, but as the books have been mentioned a few times recently, I
thought I c=
ould let this one slide in.
Well, I've just re-read this one. It follows =
3 recruits to the Imperial
Fists chapter, battling against a Governor's inu=
rrection, squats and
chaos, and finally Hive Fleet Kraken. It's also garba=
ge - the writer
overdosed on faux-latin and archaic language usually only r=
elied upon by
the cheesiest of scrabble players. I didn't count the number=
of times
"puissant" was used to describe the marines, their equipment, the=
ir
enemies, the architecture or alien vomit.
One thing though - it paints =
an utterly hopeless picture for humanity
facing the tyranid menace. Now I'=
m not up on the fluff, but how was
Hive Fleet Kraken turned back?
If I rem=
ember correctly, it wasn't kraken roams human space to the present day(What=
ever that is).The idea of kraken was it attacked in many small (sorta :) fl=
eets that struck everywhere at once. This made it difficult to stop.
It's=
sort of the justification for the Tyranid armies. That help?
-Jame=
s
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