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Angels of Darkness Paperback – July 29, 2008

by Gav Thorpe (Author)
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Despite their devotion to the Imperium, the Dark Angels Space Marines fall under suspicion because of the secretive nature of their chapter, but when an Interrogator-Chaplain investigates, horrific secrets that stretch back in time more than ten thousand years to the Horus Heresy could be unleashed on an unsuspecting present. Original.
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  1. Part of series
    Warhammer 40,000
  2. Print length
    288 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Games Workshop
  5. Publication date
    July 29, 2008
  6. Dimensions
    4 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1844165701
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1844165704
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Games Workshop (July 29, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1844165701
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1844165704
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 125 ratings

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  1. Gavin Thorpe

    Gavin Thorpe

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    Joining Games Workshop at the age of nineteen, Gav Thorpe was a staff writer and games developer on the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 universe for fourteen years, and has also written novels in those worlds for the past fifteen years and more.

    His most popular works include The Sundering trilogy, the Path of the Eldar, works from the Horus Heresy series including Deliverance Lost, the audio dramas Raven’s Flight and Honour to the Dead, and the New York times best-selling novella The Lion.

    His novel Warbeast won the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy.

    Gav is published by Angry Robot books where you can find his epic swords-and-sandals fantasy saga gathered in the omnibus collection entitled Empire of the Blood. Gav has worked on, and is currently working on, numerous tabletop and video games, including as a designer, writer and world creation consultant. He also delivers workshops at writing events such as the Derby Literature Festival, and regularly appears on panels at conventions such as FantasyCon and EdgeLit. He lives near Nottingham with his partner Kez and baby boy Sammy.

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Mark
5.0 out of 5 stars Decent background info
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2009
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This is a good deal of background info on the schism within the Dark Angel chapter.. once again, playing on man's own foibles and weaknesses, even in the revered Space Marines. There is a good job of showing the story from the point of view of interrogator (loyalist) and chapter master (traitor) and how they vie back and forth over who has committed the most treachery...The sequence of events is fairly clear; it seems that the Dark Angel's Primarch, Lion El Johnson (never understood this name..), places Luther (his second in command) and a large contingent of space marines on Caliban (their homeworld) to raise new recruits. Feelings of slight and disdain creep into Luther while the Primarch carries on the campaign during the Horus Heresy.. Without giving too much away, I will say again that Mr. Abnett has done an excellent job of character development and his way of weaving the Dark Angel's division and then search for the "Fallen" is both interesting and revealing, with the very end of story a brooding foreboding for this space marine chapter even in the present (well, their "present").
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Lukas
5.0 out of 5 stars Fallen are still evil but this book was really good
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2019
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This book was a bunch of kinda iffy tales pulled together by one of the greatest heroic endings I’ve ever seen in my history pf reading(which is not displayed on here) but seriously, read this book. I’m not saying it’s the best book in the history of Warhammer, but it’s some good stuff.
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M. Fabian
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2017
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Great Book, Would love to read it again
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AA
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2011
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If your a fan of the Dark Angels or even the pre heresy -hours heresy period then this is a must read. If your a fan of the 40k universe then your in for quite a treat as Gav Thorpe has written a riveting book. Loved it and could not put it down . It really expands the story of the fallen and the hours heresy and leaves you wondering if what you thought knew of those times is actually the truth . Amazing stuff.
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Amazonian
5.0 out of 5 stars Positively Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2020
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Amazing look at the Dark Angels legion of the Astartes. This novel is riveting and unfailingly entertaining every step of the way. Superb.
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RENO
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2020
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Really good story telling.
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E. S.
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2010
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Its a good read, great for background info on the Dark Angels Chapter of Space Marines in Warhammer 40k.
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David Bolton
5.0 out of 5 stars Great.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018
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Great book, good seller.
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Schelli
5.0 out of 5 stars Lug und Trug - wem soll man glauben???
Reviewed in Germany on February 1, 2010
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Zur Vorgeschichte:
Die Dark Angels sind die erste Legion der Space Marines geschaffen nach dem Vorbild ihres Primarchen Lion El'Jonson. Dieser versetzt - zur Zeit der Horus Häresie - seinen Stellvertreter Luther und andere Space Marines auf den Planeten Caliban, was von diesem als Misstrauen gewertet wird. Denn der Lion weigert sich mit seinen Mannen auf Caliban zu kommunizieren und ignoriert diese permanent. So kommt es zur Spaltung der Dark Angels.
Die Space Marines auf Caliban fühlen sich von ihrem Primarchen verraten und bekämpfen den "Löwen", als dieser nach dem Tod von Horus nach Caliban zurückkehrt. Die "gefallenen Engel" um Luther kämpfen und verlieren. Caliban wird in diesem Kampf von den dunklen Mächten des Warps zerstört und die Lutheristen (Fallen Angels) werden durch Raum und Zeit geschleudert....

Zum vorliegenden Buch:
Chapter Commander Astelan ein Krieger Luthers wurde in der Schlach um Caliban vom Warp über 9.000 Jahre in die Zukunft geschleudert und wird nach einigem Herumirren von den Dark Angels auf dem Planeten Tharsis gefangengenommen.
10.000 Jahre sind seit der Horus Häresie vergangen. Was einst passierte, ist Legende; mystisch, sagenumwoben. Der Emporer wird als Gottheit verehrt. Der Primarch Lion El'Jonson ist verschollen und seine Krieger, die Dark Angels, halten die Spaltung der Dark Angels, die sie als Schande und Erbsünde sehen, geheim. Ihre oberste Mission ist es, die Gefallenen zu jagen und zu vernichten.
So fällt Interrogator-Chaplain Boreas die Aufgabe zu, Astelan zu verhören und ihn seinen Irrtum vor Augen zu führen. Dies soll - nicht ganz feinfühlig - mit Isolation und Foltermethoden erreicht werden. Genial entwickelt sich diese Handlungslinie zu einem mentalen Duell zwischen Boreas und Astelan, dem unsere Sympathien gehören. Denn Boreas präsentiert sich als arroganter, indoktrinierter Kleingeist, der uns unangenehm an die Heilige Inquisition erinnert. Astelan ist ebenfalls von seinem Tun geradezu missionarisch überzeugt. Denn zu seiner Zeit war das Anbeten von Gottheiten und Götzen dem Emperor absolut verhasst. So sieht Astelan im Gottkult des Emperors nur den Verfall des Imperiums und will das Imperium zurück zu seinen Wurzeln führen - zu spät....
Astelan erzählt Boreas - und uns - die letzten Geheimnisse um Lion El'Johnson, und wir fragen uns, kann man einem sympathischen Verräter mehr trauen als einem bornierten, aber loyalen Interrogator-Chaplain!?

Neben diesem mentalen Duell in der Folterkammer weist das Buch noch eine zweite Handlungslinie auf, in der Boreas weitere gefallene Engel jagt. Am Ende dieser Jagd erfahren wir dann endlich, wer im geistigen Duell Astelan versus Boreas den Sieg davongetragen hat - doch was ist nun wirklich die Wahrheit......?

Gav Thorpe belohnt uns in dieser zweiten Ausgabe seines Romans mit Spannung pur, die sich hauptsächlich auf die Geschichte der Dark Angels und weniger auf Action konzentriert. Für die Fans der Dark Angels ist diese Story ein absolutes Muss, da hier eine wichtige neue Perspektive geboten wird, die - wenn man sie glaubt - viele Aspekte des Warhammer Universums erklärt (Stichwort: die Rolle und Schwächen der Primarchen im Niedergang des Imperiums nach der Horus Häresie). Ungewohnt hohes Niveau , für das es fünf Sterne gibt.
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P. Stearman
5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping tale of the ages
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2008
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I am glad a new edition has been released. I was very much disappointed after reading 'Descent of Angels' which seemed to promise answers to many of the questions about the Dark Angels history and origins, only to deliver very little in what was a very 'teen reading' novel... 'Angels of Darkness' puts all that right.

The story is a good blend of action and intrigue with the main characters being quite well fleshed out, even for space marines... the story flows well and I felt like I really wanted to get back to it. There a couple of real revelations and uncomfortable truths.. especially if you, like I am, are a fan of the Dark Angels you might find yourself also questioning your loyalty...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wer sind die wahren Gefallenen?
Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2018
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Man mag von den DA halten was man will (ich persönlich bin vor 18 Jahren über die Space Wolves ins Warhammer 40k Universum eingetaucht - spielerisch wie literarisch - und mit entsprechend gerümpfter Nase betrachtete ich die Dark Angels), aber als geheimnisumwitterter und schuldgeplagter Orden bieten sie ein extremes Maß an erzählerischen Möglichkeiten, die Thorpe auch vollends ausschöpft.
Ich hatte die "Vermächtnis von Caliban/Legacy of Caliban" - Reihe zuerst gelesen und bin mehr oder weniger zufällig darauf gekommen, dass dieses Buch hier die Geschehnisse enthält, die die Grundlage für die anderen drei bilden. Allen den es genauso geht, kann ich aber beruhigen. Man kann das Buch auch als Prequel betrachten und immer noch mit Spannung lesen. Zwar weiß man, was mit den Prota- und Antagonisten letztenendes geschieht, aber der Weg dahin, ist fesselnd und vor allem nachvollziehbar geschrieben.
Schnell kommt man in Versuchung den Erklärungen Astelans für das Handeln der "Gefallenen" zu erliegen und seinen Standpunkt als durchaus plausibel zu betrachten.
Die Erzählung besticht auch durch ihren einfachen, aber daher um so spannenderen Strang, bei dem sich das Verhör Astelans, mit den einige Jahre darauffolgenden, daraus resultierenden Ereignissen aus Sicht Boreas` kapitelweise abwechseln und damit zum unvermeidlichen Ende führen.
Wer sinnlose, ausschweifende Gewaltexesse sucht, wird hier nicht bedient; wer auf eine intelligente Story und Charaktere mit Tiefgang steht, dafür um so mehr.
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kalidiso
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - brings some reality to the 40k universe!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2009
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Well. i wasn't expecting much but the revelations of one of the main characters is so detailed and insightful it adds a current of 'plausibility' to the whole heresy arc.

I had often 'wondered' how the finest of humanity the best mankind had to offer, turned against the emperor - the turning of horus wasn't convincing for me, but here where we explore some of the flaws of one legion and their primarch we see a totally different angle to them, previously unexamined by any other horus novel so far. Its great and manages to make a human story out of what (should be) loyal and simple warriors of the imperium.

excellent, bravo. very pleased

k99
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M
4.0 out of 5 stars Must read for DA fans
Reviewed in Germany on October 30, 2015
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I like Dark Angels and ever wondered about what motivated the Fallen. The author shows us some very interesting details about what happened on Caliban originally and the interrogation of the Fallen was also very interesting. Between that another plot happens in the present of the main character but this second plot is less worth reading (fighting some Orks and being played by other forces that play no important role in the book) except for the parts that tell more about the Dark Angels themselves like recruiting, their inner circles, the secrets, their stubborness and their infinite hate of the Fallen. The book shows really well what happened over time with the chapter and is a must read for people who want to know more about the Dark Angels.
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