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Made in fr
Longtime Dakkanaut






I'm reading this and as of now Alpharius has become my favorite character in 40k. I'm about 1/3 thru.

"But the universe is a big place, and whatever happens, you will not be missed..." 
   
Made in ca
Pustulating Plague Priest






Glad to hear you’re enjoying it. Does this book expand on Alpharius’ reasoning during the events of Legion? Seemed a bit rushed on that book.

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Made in fr
Longtime Dakkanaut






Haven't got to that bit yet, just got to where the XX legion was first revealed to exist to the galaxy, they went to help the dark angels in their first appearance as an open legion.

Alpharius' observations about his brothers are pretty interesting. I'm looking forward to him meeting guilleman.

"But the universe is a big place, and whatever happens, you will not be missed..." 
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka





 SkavenLord wrote:
Glad to hear you’re enjoying it. Does this book expand on Alpharius’ reasoning during the events of Legion? Seemed a bit rushed on that book.

If you mean the events from Legion, not really. Although it does give you some insight into Alpharius's personality which might in turn tell you what sort of things might motivate him to make the choices he did. But then again, one of the first lines of the book assures you that the entire story is a lie.


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Made in fr
Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller





Watch Fortress Excalibris

Wyldhunt wrote:
But then again, one of the first lines of the book assures you that the entire story is a lie.

It's been a while since I read it, but I think you may have misunderstood.

The 'lie' is that it's Alpharius speaking at that point.
Spoiler:
Because it's actually Omegon, as becomes clear in the epilogue. The prologue and epilogue are from Omegon's PoV. The rest of the book is from Alpharius' PoV.
I don't recall any statement that the story itself is a lie, just that "I am Alpharius" bit.

It's definitely the best Primarch book of the ones I've read so far. I think Mike Brooks might actually be my favourite BL author now, even above ADB, Chris Wraight and Peter Fehervari.

A little bit of righteous anger now and then is good, actually. Don't trust a person who never gets angry. 
   
Made in us
Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot




Somerdale, NJ, USA

I really enjoyed that book and I love that the first two lines of the book are:

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

/headexsplode

My only problem with the book is how some of the info presented contradicts "known" lore on the Alpha Legion; though I guess there really isn't any known lore....

"The only problem with your genepool is that there wasn't a lifeguard on duty to prevent you from swimming."

"You either die a Morty, or you live long enough to see yourself become a Rick."

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Made in gb
Longtime Dakkanaut



London

 Duskweaver wrote:
I think Mike Brooks might actually be my favourite BL author now, even above *snip* Peter Fehervari.


Criminally underrated!
   
Made in au
Longtime Dakkanaut




I like how the book head faked readers when Alpharius
Spoiler:
looked like he was about to kill the two humans that witnessed him and the wording suggested he had done so, only to reveal later that he had made them servants of the Legion instead

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