That was just in relation to my musing (which was of no particular demand) about Horus' tactics in killing off loyalist's within his own ranks. *On a side note = Spear Tip, or Spear is what they kept referring to as the assault force that led the invasions of any given planet.
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But I guess I could see Eidolon being at the very least - jealous of Lucius.Īgain, I can fill in the gaps with my imagination, but I hate doing that (in the case that things develop in the series that are different than my assumptions) :( I can't recall any points in book's 1-3 where they bickered or fought. Lucius being hated by Eidolon seemed to have somehow escaped me. I assumed it was for stories similar to Saul Tarvitz and Loken. bad writing + bad management = bad book.Īnd to be honest, I could make a few guesses as to why those particular marines were down there. It explains a LOT, and from the perspective of what I had somehow thought might be going on. So there was never any need to use the virus bombs in the middle of battle with the rebels. Now we know there are handfuls of other loyalists who survived, either through determination or by not being on Isstvan III at the time, but their story is for another day.įourth, there was not supposed to be any warning of the virus bomb coming, and there wouldn't have been if not for Saul Tarvitz's figuring out what was happening. Third, Lucius was straight up hated by Eidolon and so was chosen, along with all of those that Horus, Eidolon, Angron, and Mortarion believed would stay loyal to the Emperor, rather than willingly rebel with their primarchs. Though do note that it will be some time before Horus actually turns to chaos. To this day, Horus's betrayal is generally considered the most rushed event in the whole series. The point being, when Galaxy in Flames was written, it was intended to wrap things up quickly rather than to leave room for more detail.
Now that management is gone and all the micro shorts and short stories are being combined into anthologies and we're back to normal length novels. Second, The Horus Heresy series was originally only going to be three books.then it got expanded to nine books.then management started chopping up the series into dozens of different short stories and micro-shorts. I would personally put him in the bottom four Black Library authors. Certainly not on par with McNeil (who I'm personally not a big fan of) and light years beneath Abnett. So, there's a couple of things going on here.įirst, Ben Counter is not a good author.