Horus Heresy: Kryptos by Graham McNeill

[zerodemon]

Did anybody pick up this ebook yet? Anybody know how long it is? It's described as a short.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-he...tos-ebook.html

[ThePope]

Going to nab it now.

**Edit**

443 pages. Apparently in doesn't like white on black in galaxy tab 10.1 kindle app will only display black on white.

[AquaSulis]

No, it's about 15 pages ... the 443 refers to something else (lines of text?)

[zerodemon]

I nearly messed myself with joy at the prospect of 443 pages there. 15 pages isn't great for the price. You pick up a full novel for three times the price. I'll wait for this to be collected.

[ThePope]

Oh my fail, I just loaded it up and looked at the number down the bottom. Sorry.

[Son of Sanguinius]

Overpriced. Really overpriced.

Action being described is decent, story is run of the mill, and there isn't enough time for any character development. This would have been more appropriate as a prologue to a novel.

[Ancient Falor]

Overpriced. Really overpriced.

Action being described is decent, story is run of the mill, and there isn't enough time for any character development. This would have been more appropriate as a prologue to a novel.

I wasnt to crazy about it either. Was kinda disappointed. It all seemed hastily put together. Ill have to resist next time. Just love the HH series had to get. I dont recomend getting it guys. Save your money for Fear to Tread or Shadows of treachery.

[sheppe]

I blinked and the book was over

There were some nice teasers of the characters past, maybe / hopefully to feature in further books where their background will be filled out

The status field device when they are literally frozen in time and the area is being destroyed around them was an interesting read, and the justice the facility felt as it turned it's guns on it's new masters too

[shadowhawk2008]

And the tired old, rehashed argument of pricing strikes again! Yay, internet is still predictable!!

Personally, I enjoyed this. More Heresy action is always welcome and Graham delivers nicely on this one. And Dark Mechanicum. More please.

[jedideinos]

Got to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this. True, a short story doesn't allow for much character development, but the action was well portrayed, new info (on RG stealth abilities), and no info dumps. At first glance, it seems like a nice, well told, but inconsequential throw away side story. But, on reflection, the events portrayed could have serious consequences for both loyalists and traitors. I'd be interested to see if the events of this story have ramifications further down the line.

[AquaSulis]

Got to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this. True, a short story doesn't allow for much character development, but the action was well portrayed, new info (on RG stealth abilities), and no info dumps. At first glance, it seems like a nice, well told, but inconsequential throw away side story. But, on reflection, the events portrayed could have serious consequences for both loyalists and traitors. I'd be interested to see if the events of this story have ramifications further down the line.

I agree ... it was a good, if short, read. No regrets about the purchase.

[Scribe of Khorne]

And the tired old, rehashed argument of pricing strikes again! Yay, internet is still predictable!!

lol I assumed it must be like $15 to elicit tears, but 3.99, thats less then a small smoothie...

[bound for glory]

And the tired old, rehashed argument of pricing strikes again! Yay, internet is still predictable!!

Personally, I enjoyed this. More Heresy action is always welcome and Graham delivers nicely on this one. And Dark Mechanicum. More please.

why am i not in any way surprised you liked it?

[Steve54]

Internet fanboism -so predictable

[shadowhawk2008]

why am i not in any way surprised you liked it?

Maybe because I don't focus on dissing authors and actually appreciate good stories? Everyone has different tastes and learning to respect that is the first step in having a pleasant time on the internet.

[Deepsix81]

The pricing wasn't unbearable, or anything like that, but the emphasis is definitely on short story in this case. That said, an interesting premise with potentially large ramifications.

Not sure if a spoiler is needed, but going with it anyway:

With most of the Iron Hands' leadership seemingly destroyed in Isstvan V, how were they able to regroup so incredibly quickly? Manus' most trusted hands were with him being slaughtered, so who was re-organizing the legion and (it seems) restructuring from a 'hit it with a bigger hammer,' group to a hit-and-run, ambush vital targets group? Sounds like a short story that could be told. Surely there was some internal politicking and conflict, no?

[bound for glory]

Maybe because I don't focus on dissing authors and actually appreciate good stories? Everyone has different tastes and learning to respect that is the first step in having a pleasant time on the internet.

i certainly agree with that. just saying you never disagree with, well, anything gw has a hand in. why is that?
your tagline seems to mock "fanbois", but is'nt that a case of the pot and kettle? and i'm not being a smatass here...

[Sqallum]

The pricing wasn't unbearable, or anything like that, but the emphasis is definitely on short story in this case. That said, an interesting premise with potentially large ramifications.

Not sure if a spoiler is needed, but going with it anyway:

With most of the Iron Hands' leadership seemingly destroyed in Isstvan V, how were they able to regroup so incredibly quickly? Manus' most trusted hands were with him being slaughtered, so who was re-organizing the legion and (it seems) restructuring from a 'hit it with a bigger hammer,' group to a hit-and-run, ambush vital targets group? Sounds like a short story that could be told. Surely there was some internal politicking and conflict, no?

Yeah, BL are apparently planning an Iron Hands book on the heresy. I hope Shadowhawk will clear me up on this.... ?

[shadowhawk2008]

i certainly agree with that. just saying you never disagree with, well, anything gw has a hand in. why is that?
your tagline seems to mock "fanbois", but is'nt that a case of the pot and kettle? and i'm not being a smatass here...

Ever read my reviews? You might change that statement :-) Besides, just because someone out there, in this case me, likes, almost all of the fiction that BL puts out, I don't think that means I'm a "fanboi". Or if I defend their decisions regarding the Limited Edition novellas.

http://thefoundingfields.com/2011/12...gy-shadowhawk/

http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/01...es-shadowhawk/

http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/05...us-shadowhawk/ *pay attention to the part about The Killing Ground*

http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/04...nd-shadowhawk/

http://thefoundingfields.com/2012/01...ld-shadowhawk/

These are some of my more, shall we say, *negative* reviews.

[Steve54]

It slightly defeats your argument of not blindly loving all BL books when your examples of poor reviews largely score 8-9/10 with only 4 short stories under 7. Not sure what your point is regarding Killing ground as you gave that waste of papper+ink 7/10.