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The Emperor's Legion by Chris Wraight

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capedbeardy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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5.0

Excellent novel giving a lot of insight into inner working of Empire of Terra, Adeptus Custodes and Sisters of Silence. Custodes and Sisters, two sides of the same coin, trained to fight together against any foe but, following Horus Heresy, separated for thousands of years. Custodes stayed on Terra, living under shadow of their failure to keep the Emperor from harms way and Sisters scattered throughout the galaxy fighting the Chaos but almost got forgotten by the Empire.

Book describes these warrior orders beautifully - two armies aware that they have lost a lot to time but nevertheless they are trying to record and save as much as possible of their glorious past, training and doctrine. What I particularly liked is that they are free of any W40K dogma usually blocking any free-will or initiative on Imperial worlds - they are thinking with their heads.

Also interesting is that these remnants of the original Empire do not see themselves part of the existing Imperium - as novel gets to the conclusion it is clear that Custodes have put a lot of things in motion behind the bureaucracy 's back that they see as required for administration of the huge Imperium but also as stagnant political body that has lost the original path set by the Emperor.

Excellent read, highly recommended.