Curze is causing havoc, committing atrocities, fomenting dissent and generally being a thorn in his brothers’ sides. In pretty much every instance, the conflicts within and between the Legions is interesting, multi-layered and has huge potential for the future. Gav also weaved in events from his scattered short stories, like The Lion, which introduced us to Tuchulcha (who obviously appears again, and is creepy as ever, with some dialogue parallels to The Unforgiven), but also saw the execution of Nemiel, Zahariel's friend and cousin. Titles in italics are by other authors but are directly related to the events and characters in my stories.

Luthor, the Lion’s second, is fomenting unrest and rebellion against the Imperium on Caliban, jettisoning the teachings of the Imperial way, pulling Calibanites back to the old ways. Unique to the Dark Angels, there have been several authors who have handled them, a new one for each book in fact. Around the planet, the warp shifted as the dark powers realised they had failed again and a warp storm spewed forth around the planet. Dark Angels fans are going to love all these tasty little morsels that Thorpe bakes into the plot and those who aren’t currently fans of the I legion may come away with a new appreciation for them.Partly, this seems to be because they disobeyed the Lion, and therefore are not particularly trusted. The First Legion go to war, and their primarch's brutal actions threaten to tear apart the fragile alliance of Imperium Secundus. I’d been reading Warhammer 40,000 tie-in fiction for a short while but this was my first exposure to the Dark Angels. I've got a few short story reviews I might manage to type up in the coming days ( Exocytosis and The Last Son of Prospero), but no promises right now. It actually makes me want to go back and read Angels of Darkness again because I want to see how far we’ve come in the last fifteen years and how Astelan has changed in that time.

Through Astelan we learn more about the I legion’s history dating back to the Emperor’s Six Hosts of Angels.It isn’t easy for either of them for they are all three far too different from each other and fate has placed them in a most awkward situation.