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I'm currently reading Fulgrim - Visions of Treachery published by the Black Library and part of the Horus Heresy series. Basically, if you're a fan of Warhammer 40,000 you'll love it. If not, you might still enjoy it but might need to read around the subject a little first to really understand it. Once I finish it I'm going to read the prose Edda while I save up for the rest of the Horus Heresy books.

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I've been working my way through the Black Library's Horus Heresy series and I've now caught up to the current releases, being halfway through the seventh book, "Legion" (First six are Horus Rising, False Gods, Galaxy in Flames, The Flight of the Eisenstein, Fulgrim and Descent of Angels). The books tell the story of events surroundng the Horus Heresy in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe and although they're squarely aimed at fans of the games, I reckon they're good enough science fiction to appeal to anyone with a passing knowledge of the subject material.

Each is written by a different author (To enable them to release one every six months or so I imagine) but there aren't such differences in narrative style that you lose cohesion from one book to the next. The stories are largely tales of great battles and deep betrayal but the last two, Decent of Angels and Legion have been less about the big battles and a bit more thoughtful and explore more behind the scenes stuff.

If you like Warhammer 40,000, you'll fucking love 'em basically. I can't wait until Battle for the Abyss comes out in August and Mechanicum in November.

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After reading the description on TV Tropes, I've started reading Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium. Its not that bad, pretty funny and not as GRIMDARK as apparently some WH40k related books are.

Most of them are pretty grim and dark. I'm still buying each Horus Heresy book as it comes out although the quality has slipped a touch since the initial trilogy and Fulgrim. They're still decent reads though if you're into that kind of thing and the most recent, Fallen Angels was certainly much better than Mechanicum. The next couple to come out are Prospero Burns and A Thousand Sons which will tell the story of the Space Wolves attacking Prospero with each book being told from the opposite side's perspective, I think they're pretty much going to be a simultaneous release. No idea when though, I just order the next one each time they release one and get a nice surprise when it turns up.

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I've recently been reading my way through Peter James' series of crime novels about Detective Roy Grace. They're set in and around Brighton which makes them more interesting for me (Especially as we live no more than 400 yards from Sussex Police Headquarters which features heavily) but even without that, they're great crime novels and worth a read if you're into that kind of thing. Of the three I've read so far, they all have something of a twist near the end as is typical with books like these and thus far, I've not completely seen any of them coming.

Well thought out crimes, good characters and generally well written stories. I'd recommend them. First one is called Dead Simple, then Looking Good Dead then Not Dead Enough ten a couple more to date.

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I've just finished reading the latest Horus Heresy novel, The First Heretic. It's a really, really good book, up there with the best of the series and I'm loving what Black Library are doing with the series. I've also been reading the Space Marine Battles series of books which are pretty good but seemed to be aimed at a slightly younger audience. I was going to launch into a highly nerdy discussion of the WH40k universe here but I think I'll save that for my journal...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Just read the latest Horus Heresy book (The 15th I think), Prospero Burns. It's very good, although not the best of the series but it makes a nice change for one of the books not to be rammed with Space Marines killing each other.

I know nobody else but me cares but they're really good books.

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